Hilda studying a model for Burghclere
Sir Stanley Spencer, RA (1891 - 1959)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
circa 1930
Materials
Pencil on paper
Measurements
185 x 102 mm
Order this imageCollection
Sandham Memorial Chapel, Hampshire
NT 790210
Summary
Pencil on paper with large brown oil or wash stain, bottom right; the paper has been cut bottom right, Hilda studying a model for Burghclere by Sir Stanley Spencer, CBE, RA (Cookham 1891– Cliveden 1959), circa 1930. The sketch relates to Spencer's envisioned series of pictures commemorating the patrons of Sandham Memorial Chapel, John Louis and Mary Behrend, which were to hang in an unbuilt narthex at the entrance of the chapel. Hilda here serves as a model for one of the patrons inspecting a model for the chapel. A worked-up version in oil is in a private collection. In a typically Spencer-esque observational gesture, Hilda is shown bunching her skirt in her hand.
Provenance
Purchased by the National Trust at Christie's, London, 'Stanley Spencer Studio Sale ', 5th November 1998, lot 257
Credit line
Sandham Memorial Chapel (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Sir Stanley Spencer, RA (1891 - 1959), publisher
Exhibition history
Stanley Spencer: Heaven in a Hell of War, Manchester Art Gallery, 2013 - 2015, no.ADD L10 Stanley Spencer: Heaven in a Hell of War, Somerset House, London, 2013 - 2015, no.ADD L10 Stanley Spencer: Heaven in a Hell of War, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, 2013 - 2015, no.ADD L10