26th Feb, 2025 11:00
Edmund Blampied (British 1886-1966)
Peeling Potatoes
signed 'Blampied' (lower centre)
watercolour
40 x 33 cm, framed 54 x 46.5 cm
A letter from the artist to Lady Nicholson is attached to the backboard:
"Dear Lady Nicholson / The old lady peeling potatoes / must be, I am sure feeling so greatly / honoured at being in Government House / - but at the same time wishing / most desperately that she had on a / cleaner apron and the hat especially / reserved for Sundays which is fitted with / black grapes, ribbon and a kingfisher..."
Provenance
Lady Cicely G. Nicholson, wife of Admiral Sir Randolph Stewart Gresham Nicholson, Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey (1953-1958), thence by descent.
Sold for £5,500
Condition Report
Overall in good, original condition. In good colour. There are a few spots of minor surface dirt. Under glass and unexamined out of frame.
Edmund Blampied (British 1886-1966)
Peeling Potatoes
signed 'Blampied' (lower centre)
watercolour
40 x 33 cm, framed 54 x 46.5 cm
A letter from the artist to Lady Nicholson is attached to the backboard:
"Dear Lady Nicholson / The old lady peeling potatoes / must be, I am sure feeling so greatly / honoured at being in Government House / - but at the same time wishing / most desperately that she had on a / cleaner apron and the hat especially / reserved for Sundays which is fitted with / black grapes, ribbon and a kingfisher..."
Provenance
Lady Cicely G. Nicholson, wife of Admiral Sir Randolph Stewart Gresham Nicholson, Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey (1953-1958), thence by descent.
