Helen Bradley (1900-1979)
Lot 154 THE PROPERTY OF A LADY

Helen Bradley (1900-1979)

Blackpool Waterloo Station

Closed26 May 2011

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GBP 55,250

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Helen Bradley (1900-1979)
Blackpool Waterloo Station
signed 'HELEN BRADLEY' and signed with a fly (lower right), signed again, inscribed and dated 'Grandpa was waiting on the platform at/Waterloo Road Station, but Mother hurried George/and I and the Dogs (Gyp and Barney), Miss Carter/(who wore Pink) and Mr Taylor (The Bank Manager) quickly up the steps and into Grandpa's/Wagonette, because Willie and Annie/Murgatroyd came running after us, Grandpa/stopped him and told Annie to take him back/to his Mother, Annie said it didn't matter really, he'd only got the Mumps and was very/cross, and as we hurried along we could/hear him screaming and roaring. We had/to leave Father, Grandma and the three Aunts/to attend to our luggage and our two Cats -/Martha and Nelson, which had come with us/and the year was 1908. Helen Layfield Bradley 1972' (on a label attached to the backboard)
watercolour and bodycolour
14 5/8 x 21 5/8 in. (37 x 55 cm.)

with William Dodds, Darlington.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 10 November 1988, lot 168.

Specialist note

An oil painting of this subject, Blackpool Station by Helen Bradley, sold in these Rooms on 12 November 2009, lot 56 for £73,250 (including premium).