SIR ALFRED JAMES MUNNINGS, P.R.A., R.W.S. | Soldier and Sailor Painted in the Park at Catton Hall, Norfolk

Frost & Reed, London, where purchased by the present owner

The paper sheet is sound and there are no signs of cockling or obvious condition issues. There is possible a small area of staining to the sky in the top left corner. FRAME The watercolour is contained in a simple gilt frame with a clean mount and under glass.
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‘Although they [horses] have given me much trouble and many sleepless nights, they have been my supporters, friends – my destiny in fact. Looking back at my life, interwoven with theirs – painting them, feeding them, riding them, thinking about them – I hope that I have learned something of their ways.’
Stanley Booth, Sir Alfred Munnings 1878-1959, 1978, p.16