Live Auction 17176Interiors Including Posters
Sir Frank Brangwyn, R.A. (British, 1867-1956)
Lot 338

Sir Frank Brangwyn, R.A. (British, 1867-1956)

Workmen on a ladder

Closed11 September 2019

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GBP 4,750

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Sir Frank Brangwyn, R.A. (British, 1867-1956)
Workmen on a ladder
signed and inscribed 'from Brangwyn to/William Belleroche' (lower centre)
oil on board
21 x 27 ¾ in. (53.4 x 70.5 cm.)

Count William de Belleroche, sold Christie's, London, 18 July 1961, lot 124.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's. London, 2 October 1996, lot 30.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 25 August 2005, lot 13, where acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

In 1924 the House of Lords voted to commemorate the First World War by completing the Victorian decorations (commissioned by Prince Albert from Daniel Maclise) in the Royal Gallery in the House of Lords. Lord Iveagh offered the fee and chose Sir Frank Brangwyn to complete the British Empire Panels, supported by other lords.

This work is an oil study for the central panel.