Helen Bradley
The Morning After The Royal Visit To Manchester
Estimate: 25.000 - 35.000 GBP
Price realised: 44.100 GBP
Price realised: 44.100 GBP
Description
HELEN BRADLEY (1900-1979)
The Morning After the Royal Visit to Manchester
signed 'HELEN BRADLEY' and with a fly (lower right), inscribed 'On the morning after the Royal Visit to Manchester/I remembered asking Grandma to invite the Queen/to tea, because Grandma happened to say that she/was sure the Queen must be tired having to wait/so long for her dinner. It was ten minutes to one when/she and the King passed where we were standing and/they had to drive all round Manchester to stop/at the Town Hall. We were already very hungry, so I thought it a/good idea to ask the Queen to visit Grandma and/have a cup of tea, so when I awoke the next morning/I asked Mother if I could go to Grandma's, Mother saw/me across the road and there was Grandma in her front/garden, "Grandma," I said, "Did the Queen come to Tea yesterday."/"Now," she said, "you must go and ask Aunt Mary" So I dashed/into the kitchen, "Aunt Mary." I cried, "Did the Queen come to/Tea." "Yes my dear," she said, "and she said Aunt Mary/how do you make Yorkshire Pudding," so whilst she drank/her tea I sho
oil on canvas board
16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm.)
The Morning After the Royal Visit to Manchester
signed 'HELEN BRADLEY' and with a fly (lower right), inscribed 'On the morning after the Royal Visit to Manchester/I remembered asking Grandma to invite the Queen/to tea, because Grandma happened to say that she/was sure the Queen must be tired having to wait/so long for her dinner. It was ten minutes to one when/she and the King passed where we were standing and/they had to drive all round Manchester to stop/at the Town Hall. We were already very hungry, so I thought it a/good idea to ask the Queen to visit Grandma and/have a cup of tea, so when I awoke the next morning/I asked Mother if I could go to Grandma's, Mother saw/me across the road and there was Grandma in her front/garden, "Grandma," I said, "Did the Queen come to Tea yesterday."/"Now," she said, "you must go and ask Aunt Mary" So I dashed/into the kitchen, "Aunt Mary." I cried, "Did the Queen come to/Tea." "Yes my dear," she said, "and she said Aunt Mary/how do you make Yorkshire Pudding," so whilst she drank/her tea I sho
oil on canvas board
16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 26 %.
The work The Morning After The Royal Visit To Manchester by Helen Bradley was auctioned at Christies in London in October last year. It achieved a price of GBP 44,100.00 (€ 51,376.01), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 26%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Helen Bradley - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Oh it's the King and Queen, which sold at auction in April 2019 for GBP 162,500.00 (€ 189,034.46).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 26 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit The Morning After The Royal Visit To Manchester von Helen Bradley kam im Oktober letzten Jahres bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 44.100,00 (€ 51.376,01) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 26%. Für andere Arbeiten von Helen Bradley mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Oh it's the King and Queen beobachtet, die im April 2019 für GBP 162.500,00 (€ 189.034,46) versteigert wurde.
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