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The Whitsuntide procession in Manchester
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Helen Bradley (1900-1979)
The Whitsuntide procession in Manchester
signed 'HELEN BRADLEY' and with a fly (lower right) and inscribed "Father said, "I want you all ready by the time/Ive brought the car round, we're all going to have/lunch with Uncle John in his new Bungalow./" I will collect Miss Carter (who wore Pink) and Mr./Taylor (the Bank Manger), then we'll be off." We were soon/ready and on our way to Manchester, but there was/one thing we had all forgotten - that today was Whit Friday Of course, when we got to Piccadilly we had to stop/the Whitsuntide Walk was just coming along. It/was a most wonderful procession. There were Bands/and Banners and everyone wore their new clothes. The procession went on and on and Father/began to get very cross. We all thought of Uncle John/wondering what had happened to us, and Poor/Aunt Josephine trying to keep our dinner warm, but/it was no use, we had to wait and then slowly drive/behind until we came to Kingsway and the year/was 1917." (on a label attached to the reverse).
oil on canvas-board
22 x 36 in. (55.9 x 91.5 cm.)
The Whitsuntide procession in Manchester
signed 'HELEN BRADLEY' and with a fly (lower right) and inscribed "Father said, "I want you all ready by the time/Ive brought the car round, we're all going to have/lunch with Uncle John in his new Bungalow./" I will collect Miss Carter (who wore Pink) and Mr./Taylor (the Bank Manger), then we'll be off." We were soon/ready and on our way to Manchester, but there was/one thing we had all forgotten - that today was Whit Friday Of course, when we got to Piccadilly we had to stop/the Whitsuntide Walk was just coming along. It/was a most wonderful procession. There were Bands/and Banners and everyone wore their new clothes. The procession went on and on and Father/began to get very cross. We all thought of Uncle John/wondering what had happened to us, and Poor/Aunt Josephine trying to keep our dinner warm, but/it was no use, we had to wait and then slowly drive/behind until we came to Kingsway and the year/was 1917." (on a label attached to the reverse).
oil on canvas-board
22 x 36 in. (55.9 x 91.5 cm.)
Provenance
The Artist's Studio, no. 53A.
with W.H. Patterson Fine Arts Ltd., London, where purchased by the present owner.
with W.H. Patterson Fine Arts Ltd., London, where purchased by the present owner.
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