Circle of Harold Knight, RA (1874-1961)

Circle of Harold Knight, RA (1874-1961)
The Sun Hat
Oil on canvas
46.5 x 36.5cm

Provenance:
E W Busby Esq, owner of Busby's Department Store, Bradford;
Presented to a colleague A.T.Asquith, c.1933;
By descent until acquired by the present owner, 2023

The sitter in the present work bears a striking resemblance to the model in Harold Knight's Girl in a White Dress of 1896 (Castle Museum, Nottingham), which Knight painted when he was at the Nottingham School of Art.