Sketch for a menu for a dinner party at Riley-Smiths

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Sir Alfred James Munnings, K.C.V.O., P.R.A., R.W.S. (British, 1878-1959)
Sketch for a menu for a dinner party at Riley-Smiths
signed 'AJ MUNNINGS' (lower right) and inscribed 'To the most kind/obliging, efficient frame maker/in the world. J.J. Patrickson, London S.W.3./Alfred Munnings/Nov 12. 1952./Patrickson's initials are really F.H./Frank -Henry- But his/business name is J-J dam 'it' (on the reverse)
pencil
7¼ x 6½ in. (18.4 x 16.5 cm.)

Provenance

F.H. Patrickson Esq., by descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

The present lot was a gift from Munnings to his loyal framer, Frank Henry Patrickson of J.J. Patrickson, Fulham, London. Through Munnings' introduction, Winston Churchill also became a valued client.
A version of Sketch for a menu for a dinner party at the Riley-Smiths can be found on page 233 of The Second
Burst, volume two of Munning's three volume autobiography. The artist stayed with the Riley-Smiths at Trulston near Leeds in 1926. W. Riley-Smith was a keen polo player and Munnings' portrait of him entitled Changing Ponies was exhibited at the Royal Academy the following year. He also painted a portrait of Mrs Riley-Smith "on a wonderful mare - a grey called Snowflake".

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