Frank Owen Salisbury, R.I., R.O.I. (1874-1962)
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Frank Owen Salisbury, R.I., R.O.I. (1874-1962)

The Battle of London

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Frank Owen Salisbury, R.I., R.O.I. (1874-1962)
The Battle of London
signed and dated '1944/Frank O. Salisbury' (lower right) and with transcription '-"THE BATTLE OF LONDON"-/Painted for THE DEFENCE COMMITTEE/By Frank O. Salisbury 1944.5/DUNCAN SANDYS CHAIRMAN' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
32 5/8 x 52 ¼ in. (82.9 x 132.7 cm.)
Provenance
commissioned by Duncan Sandys, Chairman of The Defence Committee, London, 1944.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay


The present work was commissioned by Duncan Sandys, who at the time of its execution was Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply and Chairman of the Cabinet Committee for Defence against German V-Weapons. Sandys was married to Churchill's eldest daughter, Diana Bailey, and he commissioned a portrait of Sir Winston Churchill by Salisbury, which sold in these Rooms, 27 November 1997. The portrait hung in the family house in Vincent Square, apart from a period during the early 1960s, when it was lent to the Cabinet Office at 10 Downing Street. Though never an official war artist, Salisbury painted many patriotic scenes during the Second World War, such as the present lot which depicts the Germans bombing the south coast of England. The Battle of London was painted in 1944, the same year a large retrospective exhibition took place of Salisbury’s work, entitled Portrait and Pageant, which was held at the Royal Institute Galleries in Piccadilly, London.

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