Alfred Egerton Cooper (1857-1939)

The King's Capital: From Westminster to St Paul's Cathedral, London

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Alfred Egerton Cooper (1857-1939)
The King's Capital: From Westminster to St Paul's Cathedral, London
signed 'AE COOPER.' (lower left) and inscribed and dated 'London 1934/from Smith's Building, Lambeth/by AE Cooper.' (on the reverse)
oil on board
24 x 47 in. (61 x 109.4 cm.); and with a print after the painting (2)

Literature

The Sphere, 11 May 1935.

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The medium should read 'oil on board' and not as as stated in the catalogue entry.

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Lot Essay

The present view was painted from the roof of Messrs W.H. Smith and Sons' new offices at Bridge House, Lambeth, which had been completed in 1933 to hold the Bookbinding Works and Stationery Department. The subsequent print was presented to the Prime Ministers of the Dominions and Colonies as a souvenir of the occasion of their visit to London for the Thanksgiving Service in St Paul's Cathedral for the Silver Jubilee of H.M. King George V on 6 May 1935.

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