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An oil painting of this subject, Blackpool Station by Helen Bradley, sold in these Rooms on 12 November 2009, lot 56 for £73,250 (including premium).
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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
Helen Bradley (1900-1979)
Blackpool Waterloo Station
Details
Helen Bradley (1900-1979)
Blackpool Waterloo Station
signed 'HELEN BRADLEY' and signed with a fly (lower right), signed again, inscribed and dated 'Grandpa was waiting on the platform at/Waterloo Road Station, but Mother hurried George/and I and the Dogs (Gyp and Barney), Miss Carter/(who wore Pink) and Mr Taylor (The Bank Manager) quickly up the steps and into Grandpa's/Wagonette, because Willie and Annie/Murgatroyd came running after us, Grandpa/stopped him and told Annie to take him back/to his Mother, Annie said it didn't matter really, he'd only got the Mumps and was very/cross, and as we hurried along we could/hear him screaming and roaring. We had/to leave Father, Grandma and the three Aunts/to attend to our luggage and our two Cats -/Martha and Nelson, which had come with us/and the year was 1908. Helen Layfield Bradley 1972' (on a label attached to the backboard)
watercolour and bodycolour
14 5/8 x 21 5/8 in. (37 x 55 cm.)
Blackpool Waterloo Station
signed 'HELEN BRADLEY' and signed with a fly (lower right), signed again, inscribed and dated 'Grandpa was waiting on the platform at/Waterloo Road Station, but Mother hurried George/and I and the Dogs (Gyp and Barney), Miss Carter/(who wore Pink) and Mr Taylor (The Bank Manager) quickly up the steps and into Grandpa's/Wagonette, because Willie and Annie/Murgatroyd came running after us, Grandpa/stopped him and told Annie to take him back/to his Mother, Annie said it didn't matter really, he'd only got the Mumps and was very/cross, and as we hurried along we could/hear him screaming and roaring. We had/to leave Father, Grandma and the three Aunts/to attend to our luggage and our two Cats -/Martha and Nelson, which had come with us/and the year was 1908. Helen Layfield Bradley 1972' (on a label attached to the backboard)
watercolour and bodycolour
14 5/8 x 21 5/8 in. (37 x 55 cm.)
Provenance
with William Dodds, Darlington.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 10 November 1988, lot 168.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 10 November 1988, lot 168.
Literature
H. Bradley, Miss Carter Came With Us, London, 1975, p. 12, illustrated.
Exhibited
Preston, Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Helen Bradley Paintings of a Victorian Childhood, no. 4; this exhibition travelled.
London, W.H. Patterson Fine Arts, Helen Bradley Commemorative Exhibition, July - August 2000, no. 34.
London, W.H. Patterson Fine Arts, Helen Bradley Commemorative Exhibition, July - August 2000, no. 34.
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