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Lot 158 |PROPERTY OF A LADY
Helen Bradley (1900-1979)
The Tram to Hollinwood
Closed24 November 2016
Price Realised
GBP 43,750
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Helen Bradley (1900-1979)
The Tram to Hollinwood
signed 'HELEN BRADLEY' and with a fly (lower left), signed again and inscribed 'On an August Evening Aunt Mary took/George, me, and a boy called John Armitage on/the Tram to Hollinwood. This boy told us/that we would find Poplar Hawk Caterpillars/on the Poplar Trees in Weekentree Lane, so/we made butterfly nets and collected jam/jars. Aunt Mary got our tea early and/away we went on the Tram. When we/got to Hollinwood, sure enough the Poplar/Trees lined the Old Lane, and we were/delighted to find lots of Poplar Hawk/Caterpillars. Often, afterwards that boy/came with us and taught George and I/a great deal about Moths and Butterflies/and the year was 1909./Helen Layfield Bradley' (on the artist's label attached to the backboard)
oil on canvas-board
18 x 23 in. (45.8 x 58.4 cm.)
The Tram to Hollinwood
signed 'HELEN BRADLEY' and with a fly (lower left), signed again and inscribed 'On an August Evening Aunt Mary took/George, me, and a boy called John Armitage on/the Tram to Hollinwood. This boy told us/that we would find Poplar Hawk Caterpillars/on the Poplar Trees in Weekentree Lane, so/we made butterfly nets and collected jam/jars. Aunt Mary got our tea early and/away we went on the Tram. When we/got to Hollinwood, sure enough the Poplar/Trees lined the Old Lane, and we were/delighted to find lots of Poplar Hawk/Caterpillars. Often, afterwards that boy/came with us and taught George and I/a great deal about Moths and Butterflies/and the year was 1909./Helen Layfield Bradley' (on the artist's label attached to the backboard)
oil on canvas-board
18 x 23 in. (45.8 x 58.4 cm.)
Helen Bradley (1900-1979)
The Tram to Hollinwood
signed 'HELEN BRADLEY' and with a fly (lower left), signed again and inscribed 'On an August Evening Aunt Mary took/George, me, and a boy called John Armitage on/the Tram to Hollinwood. This boy told us/that we would find Poplar Hawk Caterpillars/on the Poplar Trees in Weekentree Lane, so/we made butterfly nets and collected jam/jars. Aunt Mary got our tea early and/away we went on the Tram. When we/got to Hollinwood, sure enough the Poplar/Trees lined the Old Lane, and we were/delighted to find lots of Poplar Hawk/Caterpillars. Often, afterwards that boy/came with us and taught George and I/a great deal about Moths and Butterflies/and the year was 1909./Helen Layfield Bradley' (on the artist's label attached to the backboard)
oil on canvas-board
18 x 23 in. (45.8 x 58.4 cm.)
The Tram to Hollinwood
signed 'HELEN BRADLEY' and with a fly (lower left), signed again and inscribed 'On an August Evening Aunt Mary took/George, me, and a boy called John Armitage on/the Tram to Hollinwood. This boy told us/that we would find Poplar Hawk Caterpillars/on the Poplar Trees in Weekentree Lane, so/we made butterfly nets and collected jam/jars. Aunt Mary got our tea early and/away we went on the Tram. When we/got to Hollinwood, sure enough the Poplar/Trees lined the Old Lane, and we were/delighted to find lots of Poplar Hawk/Caterpillars. Often, afterwards that boy/came with us and taught George and I/a great deal about Moths and Butterflies/and the year was 1909./Helen Layfield Bradley' (on the artist's label attached to the backboard)
oil on canvas-board
18 x 23 in. (45.8 x 58.4 cm.)
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