Lot 21
Augustus Edwin John (1878-1961); Sir Alfred Munnings (1878-1959); and George Washington Lambert (1873-1930)
Lot 21 Details
Augustus Edwin John (1878-1961); Sir Alfred Munnings (1878-1959); and George Washington Lambert (1873-1930), British
SEVEN PORTRAIT CARTOONS BY CHELSEA ART CLUB MEMBERS AND SIGNATURE PANEL (CONTAINED IN ONE FRAME), 1918
Reading from the top, left to right, the portraits and artists include:
1. George Washington Lambert (1873-1930), Australian artist, known principally for portrait painting and as a WWII artist, cartoon by Augustus John;
2. Sir Alfred Munnings (1878-1959), British artist, cartoon by Augustus John;
3. Colonel John Francis Lash, Officer in the Central Ontario Regiment of Canada, active in Russia during the revolution, awarded the OBE in 1918, cartoon by Augustus John;
4. Albert Henry Fullwood (1863-1930), Australian artist, member of Allied Art Corps, later a sergeant in the Royal Medical Corps and then an official Australian war artist, cartoon by Sir Alfred Munnings;
5. Colonel John Francis Lash, cartoon by George Washington Lambert;
6. Albert Henry Fullwood (1863-1930), cartoon by George Washington Lambert; and
7. Colonel John Francis Lash by Augustus John
Eight sheets framed together including 7 sheets of pencil drawings and one signature sheet in pen and ink on brown paper with horizontal piercing along the tops of each sheet; the verso with a pen and ink legend identifying the sitter of each portrait and the artist; inscribed in the same hand: “Done at the ... dinner in London in the summer of 1918” lower left corner of the legend sheet mounted to the backing paper of the frame verso
Sheets/Overall 4.75" x 3.75" — 12.1 x 9.5 cm.; 12.5" x 18.5" — 31.8 x 47 cm.
Estimate $3,000-$5,000
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Provenance:
Collection of Colonel John Francis Lash;
By descent to the present Private Collection, the grandson of John Francis Lash
Note:
Drawn on paper, presumably the lunch table covering, at the Chelsea Club dinner in London in the summer of 1918.
The Archivist at the Chelsea Club, London, England has confirmed that all, with the exception of Colonel Lash, were members of the club in 1918 so it is a likely assumption that this luncheon was held there. As Lash was awarded the OBE in November of that year it would have been on the Queen’s birthday honours list in the summer. This might have been a celebration of that event.