Old Mortiboy's Cottage, Winchmore Hill, London

Details

Charles W. Hopper (fl. 1893-1902)
Old Mortiboy's Cottage, Winchmore Hill, London
signed 'C.W. HOPPER.' (lower left) and with inscription 'Stock Exchange Art Society ca: 1907 No. 1 Old Cottage: Winchmore Hall (OLD MORTIBOY'S COTTAGE Charles W. Hopper Exhibitor. R.A. Price £10. 10. 0 Trees cut [do]wn in Great War. 1914/18 Cottages about...' (on an old label attached to the reverse)
watercolour with scratching out
9¼ x 13 in. (23.5 x 33 cm.)

Provenance

Merton Russell Cotes, 1904.

Exhibited

London, Stock Exchange Art Society, circa 1907, no. 1, as 'Old Cottage, Winchmore Hill (Old Mortiboy's Cottage)'.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Charles W. Hopper lived in London and exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1893 and 1902. His works include On Holmwood Common, Sheep washing near Christchurch and Bluebells. This picture is of a cottage garden in Winchmore Hill, near Enfield, north London.

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