Sir Alfred J. Munnings, P.R.A. Mendham 1878-1959 London

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Description

Sir Alfred J. Munnings, P.R.A.
Blenheim Groom Cinching a Girth
signed on the reverse A.J. Munnings and inscribed Blenheim/Alfred Munnings/for picture of Duke/Ivor Churchill/Study for Duke/Marlborough
oil on canvas

Provenance

By descent from the present owner's paternal grandmother.

Catalogue Note

The present painting is a study for the groom on the left side in Munnings' painting depicting The 9th Duke of Marlborough and Lord Ivor Spencer-Churchill, painted circa 1923.

We are grateful to Lorian Peralta-Ramos who, based on first hand inspection, confirms the present painting to be by Munnings.