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Buying Summer Hats
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Helen Bradley (1900-1979)
Buying Summer Hats
signed with a fly (lower right), signed again, inscribed and dated 'Buying Summer Hats at Buckley and Proctors./George & I and the dogs, Gyp & Barney went with/Mother, Grandmother and the two aunts to Oldham/They went to B & Ps as the shop was known/to buy new summer hats. Willie & Annie/Murgatroyd were also there with their mother./She was going upstairs when Willie saw/Miss Sims train just waiting to be trodden on./Mr Proctor was talking to Miss Sims when he saw/Miss Carter (who wore pink) entering The Shop./Never mind the bill now "Miss Sims" he said, "Hurry/and attend to Miss Carter, you know she usually/shops in Manchester" George and I are waiting/to find what will happen when Miss Sims/hurried away. So was mother & The Aunts/and the year was 1906./Helen Layfield Bradley (1967)' (on the artist's label attached to the backboard)
oil on canvas-board
24 x 30 in. (61 x 76.2 cm.)
Buying Summer Hats
signed with a fly (lower right), signed again, inscribed and dated 'Buying Summer Hats at Buckley and Proctors./George & I and the dogs, Gyp & Barney went with/Mother, Grandmother and the two aunts to Oldham/They went to B & Ps as the shop was known/to buy new summer hats. Willie & Annie/Murgatroyd were also there with their mother./She was going upstairs when Willie saw/Miss Sims train just waiting to be trodden on./Mr Proctor was talking to Miss Sims when he saw/Miss Carter (who wore pink) entering The Shop./Never mind the bill now "Miss Sims" he said, "Hurry/and attend to Miss Carter, you know she usually/shops in Manchester" George and I are waiting/to find what will happen when Miss Sims/hurried away. So was mother & The Aunts/and the year was 1906./Helen Layfield Bradley (1967)' (on the artist's label attached to the backboard)
oil on canvas-board
24 x 30 in. (61 x 76.2 cm.)
Provenance
W. Callard.
Special notice
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