Spencer Frederick Gore (1878-1914)
Lot 60 Terry Scanlon's Calves' Liver
for two

Two slices calves liver (heavily peppered)
1 heaped teaspoon brown French mustard
4 tablespoons of port
1 tablespoon water
1 tablespoon mint
1 tablespoon parsley
a good knob of butter

Heat the fry pan, the butter should bubble when it hits the pan. Cook the liver quickly on either side - remove and keep warm. First put in the mustard, then add the port and water to the pan. It will sizzle. Reduce to two tablespoons of pan juices, just enough to coat each slice of the liver, this only takes seconds. Throw in herbs and stir. Pour over liver and serve.
This a great reviver. Serve with Irish potato cake, a light salad and fine burgundy.

Spencer Frederick Gore (1878-1914)

A porcelain figurine by a mirror

Closed18 December 2012

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GBP 7,500

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Spencer Frederick Gore (1878-1914)
A porcelain figurine by a mirror
oil on canvas
16 x 12 in. (40.5 x 30.5 cm.)
Painted in 1910.

Christine Cutter
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 14 November 1986, lot 230, where acquired by Peter Langan.

Specialist note

Mirrors figure largely in Gore's work of this time, he uses them to enhance an interior composition and add complexity to it. He also uses mirrors in his self-portraits, which some may argue is a necessary device, true to life. He does however combine still lifes in an interior with a mirror - a means by which he adds his own presence in the composition.