Details
PAUL HENRY, R.H.A. (1877-1958)
Portrait of G.K. Chesterton
signed 'Paul Henry' (lower right)
Conté on tissue-thin paper
7 1⁄8 x 4 1⁄8 in. (18.1 x 10.5 cm.)
Executed in 1904.
Provenance
Acquired by Charles R. Gordon, New York at the 1957 exhibition.
with Spink and Son, London, where acquired for the present collection in March 1982.
Literature
P. Henry, An Irish Portrait, London, 1951, p. 42.
Exhibited
Limerick, Shannon Free Airport, Paul Henry: Paintings and Drawings, August 1957, no. 42.
London, Pyms Gallery, The Irish Revival, May - June 1982, no. 42.
Belfast, Ulster Museum, Paul Henry: An Irish Portrait, November 1997 - April 1998, exhibition not numbered.
Dublin, National Gallery of Ireland, Paul Henry: Retrospective Exhibition, February - May 2003, p. 38, no. 3, illustrated.
London, Pyms Gallery, British and Irish Works on Paper: 1900-2000, June - July 2004, pp. 26-27, no. 11, illustrated.

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