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Mrs Bowers Hat Shop
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HELEN BRADLEY (1900-1979)
Mrs Bowers Hat Shop
signed 'HELEN BRADLEY' and with a fly (lower right), inscribed 'On the afternoon before the King and Queen/came to Manchester, mother, grandma and the/aunts, also Miss Carter (who wore Pink) decided/they ought to have new Hats to look their/best in case the Queen came close to where/they were standing. She would see them and/smile, so, we all went to Mrs Bowers Hat/shop on Union Street. She had the best Hats in/Oldham and they were always in the height of/fashion. Mothers new hat was a beautiful Leghorn/which dipped down at the front, and when The Queen/passed by in her Landau and saw mother, The Aunts,/Miss Carter and grandma in her new Bonnet she smiled/and waved, and I'm sure she thought we all looked/very nice. Uncle John lifted me on to his shoulder so/that I could see better, and it was the loveliest Day/The day being July 13th 1905.' (on the artist's label attached to the backboard)
oil on canvas-board
15 ½ x 19 ½ in. (39.4 x 49.5cm.)
Mrs Bowers Hat Shop
signed 'HELEN BRADLEY' and with a fly (lower right), inscribed 'On the afternoon before the King and Queen/came to Manchester, mother, grandma and the/aunts, also Miss Carter (who wore Pink) decided/they ought to have new Hats to look their/best in case the Queen came close to where/they were standing. She would see them and/smile, so, we all went to Mrs Bowers Hat/shop on Union Street. She had the best Hats in/Oldham and they were always in the height of/fashion. Mothers new hat was a beautiful Leghorn/which dipped down at the front, and when The Queen/passed by in her Landau and saw mother, The Aunts,/Miss Carter and grandma in her new Bonnet she smiled/and waved, and I'm sure she thought we all looked/very nice. Uncle John lifted me on to his shoulder so/that I could see better, and it was the loveliest Day/The day being July 13th 1905.' (on the artist's label attached to the backboard)
oil on canvas-board
15 ½ x 19 ½ in. (39.4 x 49.5cm.)
Provenance
with W. H. Patterson, London, where purchased by the present owner in 1997.
Literature
H. Bradley, The Queen Who Came to Tea, London, 1978, p. 13, illustrated.
Brought to you by
Charlie Campbell-Gray
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