Brockhurst R.A. R.E., Gerald Leslie (1890 – 1978) – Sir Henry Rushbury K.C.V.O. C.B.E. R.A. (1889-1968) painted when artist and sitter were students at the Birmingham School of Art.
Brockhurst R.A. R.E., Gerald Leslie (1890 - 1978)
Sir Henry Rushbury K.C.V.O. C.B.E. R.A. (1889-1968) painted when artist and sitter were students at the Birmingham School of Art.
Oil on canvas. 1907. Inscribed recto by the sitter's father 'Leslie Brockhurst Age 17. Male / Studied at Birmingham / School of Art'. The unlined canvas bearing the 'ESK' stencil verso and with an ESK label stating Brockhurst's name and age (17). Exhibited: Sheffield City Art Gallery, 'A Dream of Fair Women; an exhibition of the work of Gerald Leslie Brockhurst R.A. (1890-1978)', 1987, no.4. Provenance: by descent in the sitter's family.