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Lot 46

James Pollard
(London 1797-1867)
Omnibuses outside The Nag's Head, Holloway

4 December 2024, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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James Pollard (London 1797-1867)

Omnibuses outside The Nag's Head, Holloway
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.

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