Lot 1944

Description

Public Library Museum & Art Gallery of South Australia, letter of thanks to Lady Ernest Waterlow, 2 Queen's Gate, London, S.W.7. England, for the presentation of three examples of the late Sir Ernest Waterlow's artwork, one of which is The Mill, Essex, handwritten in calligraphy style in red and black ink, signed by B.S.Roach as President and Malcolm McRae as Acting General Secretary, framed under glass in a gilt frame (approx 420x336mm). Small 300mm section of frame damaged, a few light foxing spots on the letter and some age fading of some red ink, otherwise extremely fine.

Sir Ernest Albert Waterlow RA 24 May 1850 - 25 October 1919 was an English landscape painter. One of his paintings is in the Tate art gallery, England.

With copy of newspaper report dated 17 December 1932 detailing the story about how these artworks came to be donated.