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Lot 141

Helen Allingham, RWS
(British, 1848-1926)
Study for The Clothes Line

28 October 2009, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£2,500 - £3,000

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Helen Allingham, RWS (British, 1848-1926)

Study for The Clothes Line
signed 'H.Allingham' (lower right)
watercolour heightened with white
12.5 x 17cm (4 15/16 x 6 11/16in).

Footnotes

PROVENANCE:
Anon. sale, Christie's, King Street, 24 November 1998, lot 148;
Private collection, UK.

The completed version of The Clothes Line was exhibited at the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours at its 92nd Summer Exhibition in 1879.

It is possible that the study was made during the summer of 1878, when the Allinghams were staying at Shere, Surrey.

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