Lot Essay
For a note on Spiers see lot 112.
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High life; and Low life
Details
Benjamin Walter Spiers (fl.1875-1893)
High life; and Low life
both signed and dated 'B.W. Spiers. 87' (lower right), on the edge of the table cloth) and signed again, numbered and inscribed 'No. 1. High Life/B.W. Spiers/70 Hereford Rd./Bayswater.' (on the artist's label attached to the backboard); the second signed and dated 'B.W. Spiers/87.' (lower right, on the skirting board) and signed again, numbered and inscribed 'No. 2. Low Life/B.W. Spiers/70 Hereford Rd./Bayswater.' (on the artist's label attached to the backboard) and with inscription 'We now have 2 pictures by/Mr. B. Spiers-/Exhibited at the/Royal Academy 1887/'High Life'-/'Low Life' 41, Harrow Road, W.2./16 Sept-1936' (on a label attached to the backboard)
pencil and watercolour, one heightened with touches of white and with scratching out
8¾ x 12¼ in. (22.3 x 31.2 cm.)
Two in one frame
High life; and Low life
both signed and dated 'B.W. Spiers. 87' (lower right), on the edge of the table cloth) and signed again, numbered and inscribed 'No. 1. High Life/B.W. Spiers/70 Hereford Rd./Bayswater.' (on the artist's label attached to the backboard); the second signed and dated 'B.W. Spiers/87.' (lower right, on the skirting board) and signed again, numbered and inscribed 'No. 2. Low Life/B.W. Spiers/70 Hereford Rd./Bayswater.' (on the artist's label attached to the backboard) and with inscription 'We now have 2 pictures by/Mr. B. Spiers-/Exhibited at the/Royal Academy 1887/'High Life'-/'Low Life' 41, Harrow Road, W.2./16 Sept-1936' (on a label attached to the backboard)
pencil and watercolour, one heightened with touches of white and with scratching out
8¾ x 12¼ in. (22.3 x 31.2 cm.)
Two in one frame
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, 1887, nos. 1217 and 1218.
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