Piccadilly Circus

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George Hyde-Pownall (1876-1932)
Piccadilly Circus
signed 'Geo. Hyde ' (lower left) and signed and inscribed 'Piccadilly Circus/Geo Hyde' (on the reverse), with a further inscription 'O Hacker! Arthur Hacker! You've been & gone & done it!/My '....' was surely bad enough but this has "fairly" won it!../O Hacker! R.A. Hacker! Why drive me to the "work 'us"?/You might have left my "pitch" above my Piccadilly Circus./O Hacker! "David" Hacker! Hence forth I am a roamer/you've been revoked my one ewe lamb to make your/damned "diploma"/Geo H. P./after RA visit/aug 7.11/p.o. Macedonia to/Melbourne Aug 25.' (on the reverse)
oil on board
6 x 9 1/8 in. (15.2 x 23.2 cm.)

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Lot Essay

The inscription on the reverse appears to be addressed to the artist Arthur Hacker, R.A. (1858- 1919), who was elected a full academician in 1911. His diploma work was entitled A wet night at Piccadilly Circus, (no.28).

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