Sir Stanley Spencer R.A.

Acquired by Wilfrid A. Evill June 1944 for £33.0.0, by whom bequeathed to Honor Frost in 1963

Leeds, Temple Newsam House, Paintings and Drawings by Stanley Spencer, July 1947, cat. no.93;
London, The Home of Wilfrid A. Evill, Contemporary Art Society, Catalogue of Part of a Collection of Oil Paintings, Water Colours, Drawings and Sculpture Belonging to W. A. Evill, Esq., December 1947 - February 1948, cat. no.3 (as Christ carrying the Cross into Jerusalem);
London, The Tate Gallery, Contemporary Art Society, The Private Collector, 23rd March - 23rd April 1950, cat. no.260 (as Carrying the Cross);
Hampstead, The Home of Wilfrid A. Evill, Contemporary Art Society, Catalogue of the Greater Portion of a Collection of Modern English Paintings, Water Colours, Drawings and Sculpture Belonging to W. A. Evill, March 1955, cat. no.21 (as Carrying the Cross into Jerusalem);
London, The Home of Wilfrid A. Evill, Contemporary Art Society, Pictures, Drawings, Water Colours and Sculpture, April - May 1961, (part III- section 1) cat. no.18;
Brighton, Brighton Art Gallery, The Wilfrid Evill Collection, June - August 1965, cat. no. 237;
London, Royal Academy, Stanley Spencer RA, 20th September - 14th December 1980, cat. no.43, illustrated p.61.

 

Richard Carline, Stanley Spencer at War, Faber and Faber, London, 1978, p.125, 126.

The mount has been attached to another mount upon the back of which is a pencil and wash drawing of a landscape by Elliott S. Eabrooke, dated 1911. The following condition report has been compiled by Jane McAusland FIIC, Conservator and Restorer of Art on Paper: Support This drawing is on a wove sheet hinged into an open mount. There are undulations in the sheet, which indicates it is not laid down and it is slightly cut on the right in places. The lower left corner is added and there is a crease on the right edge and slight time staining to the sheet. Medium The medium is to some extent faded. However the staining in the sheet makes it look a little paler than it probably is. Note: This drawing was viewed behind glass and outside studio conditions. For enquiries about the present work please contact the department on +44 (0)20 7293 6424.
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