Sir William Russell Flint, R.A., P.R.W.S.

William Hulme Lever, 2nd Viscount Leverhulme and thence by descent;
Sotheby's, Thornton Manor, 'The Leverhulme Collection', 28 June 2001, lot 457;
Sotheby's, London, 26 August 2008, lot 175;
Private collection

London, Royal Academy, 1932, no.467;
London, Royal Academy, Sir William Russell-Flint, 1962, no.177

Original canvas. The work appears in good overall condition. Under ultraviolet light there appear to be no signs of retouching. Held under glass in a gilt plaster frame, unexamined out of frame.
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This picture was painted in 1932. When it was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1962 Flint described it in the catalogue; 'A curious interior. A fortress-like building with no hint of ever having been a church, it was nevertheless furnished with ecclesiastical oddments. Altars and confessionals were mixed up with domestic appliances of the homeliest kind. It was another of my 'warrens', housing many families. With professional care I chose their most paintable members.'