Lot 408: Gerald Fenwick Metcalfe (fl.1890-1930)

Study for the war memorial at Albury, Surrey
signed 'GERALD/METCALFE' (lower left within a cartouche) and extensively inscribed with dedications and dated '1913/1914' (centre)
pencil and watercolour heightened with touches of bodycolour
19 1/4 x 13 1/2 in. (49 x 34.3 cm.)

This cartoon is finished and coloured to a degree that allows it to stand alone as a decorative object. Metcalfe worked as a professional portrait painter and exhibited eleven works at the Royal Academy. However, the care he invested in this design is evident from the beauty of its construction.

Metcalfe's Vindemia, an allegorical design, sold at Sotheby's New York, 29 October 2002, lot 119.

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