Charles Spencelayh

Commissioned from the artist by Joseph Nissim Levy, Esq., Manchester;

Thence by descent to his widow, Rosie Levy;

By whom sold, Sotheby's, London, 30 January 1946, lot 124;

Where acquired by "Pope";

Sale, Christie’s, London, 17 December 1954, lot 111;

Where acquired by "Goldsmith";

C.J. Foss, Esq.;

By whom sold, Christie’s, London, 6 June 1980, lot 223;

Where acquired by the present owner.

The 160th exhibition of the Royal Academy, exhibition catalogue, London 1928, p. 35.

"Mystic and Modern Paintings Add to the Interest of a Variety of Exhibits for Next Week’s Royal Academy Show," Daily Mirror, 5 May 1928, pp. 10-11, illustrated. 

"Our London Letter," Gloucester Journal, 12 May 1928, p. 13.

"A Feast of Reading," London Daily Chronicle, 26 November 1928, p. 7.

"Render Unto Caesar," Tatler, no. 1431A., 30 November 1928, p. 9, illustrated.

"Sydenham Work," Lewisham Borough News, 9 May 1928, p. 2.

Salon de 1929: Explication des peintures, sculptures et autres ouvrages, Paris 1929, p. 108, no. 2136.

A. Noakes, Charles Spencelayh, London 2006, pp. 93-96, illustrated.

London, Royal Academy of Art Exhibition, 1928, no. 499 

Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, The Fifty-Sixth Autumn exhibition, 1928 (according to a label on the reverse)

Paris, Salon, 1929, no. 2136