Lot 108
  • 108

Henry Mayo Bateman

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Henry Mayo Bateman
  • mind you beat him! if he beats you, i'll do the same!
  • signed l.r.: H. M. Bateman.
  • pen, ink and watercolour over pencil

Provenance

Langton Gallery Limited, London;
Private Collection

Exhibited

London, Langton Gallery, Eighth Annual Exhibition of Great British Cartoons - 1770-1977;
London, Royal Festival Hall, H. M. Bateman Centenary Exhibition, May-June 1987

Condition

The sheet is sound. There is some very minor discolouration to the sheet visible on close inspection at the extreme edges. There is a very small spot of surface dirt towards the centre of the upper edge. Otherwise the work is in good condition. Held in a simple gold painted wooden frame in fair condition. Under glass and unexamined out of frame.
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