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James Pollard(London 1797-1867)Omnibuses outside The Nag's Head, Holloway
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Poppy Harvey-Jones
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Lisa Greaves
Head of Department
James Pollard (London 1797-1867)
oil on canvas
45.2 x 61.2cm (17 13/16 x 24 1/8in).
Footnotes
Provenance
Sale, Christie's, London, 18 January 1946, lot 103
With Leggat Brothers, London, 1947 (according to Witt Library mount)
Private Collection, UK, since 1950s
Literature
N.C. Neville, The Golden age of coaching and sport as depicted by James Pollard, Leigh-on-Sea, 1972, p. 33, cat. no. 159
The architecture and 'Favourite' stagecoach also appear in a work by Pollard, said to be of the Hanley Arms, offered at Christie's, London, 10 December 1971, lot 115. The Nag's Head pub stood on the junction of Holloway Road and Seven Sisters Road. The building is now in use as an amusement arcade.






















