Modern British & 20th Century Art - 31st May 2022
Lot 48
‡Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £320
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Description
‡Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)
At the Mermaid Tavern
Inscribed At the Mermaid Tavern (lower centre)
Pencil and watercolour within pencil framing lines
21 x 19.6cm
Unframed
Provenance:
Siegfried Sassoon;
And by family descent
In this work, Siegfried Sassoon has depicted William Shakespeare (1564-1616). The Mermaid Tavern was on Cheapside during the Elizabethan era, and was the site of a drinking club which included some of the period's leading literary figures. Popular tradition has it that Shakespeare was a member of the group, although modern scholars think it unlikely.