Oil paintings, watercolours, prints, miniatures & sculpture - 24th September 2014

Lot 557

Sir John Lavery (1856-1941) The Lady Mayoress

Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £780

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Description

Sir John Lavery (1856-1941)

The Lady Mayoress, Lady Jenks [A study for the presentation to His Majesty King Edward VIII of the Charter of the Master Mariner's Company]

Titled

Oil on canvas laid on board

35 x 22cm; 13½ x 8½in

Provenance:

Letter from Wakefield House regarding the presentation and the sketch

With an edition of Sphere May 4, 1935 and a newspaper clipping, showing the full presentation painting (2)