Lot 217: Harold Steggles , 1911-1971 st mark's church, hackney oil on board

signed l.l.: H. STEGGLES.; inscribed with the title on the reverse oil on board

34 by 43.5 cm.; 13 ¼ by 17 in.

Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, where bought by Sir David Scott 16 July 1934 for 12 guineas

Harold Steggles was a partner in a firm of solicitors and studied art at the Bow and Bromley Evening Institute where the teachers included John Cooper, William Coldstream and Rodrigo Moynihan. Steggles received regular commissions to paint houses and shops in London and the country, and exhibited with the East London Group at the Lefevre Gallery, Agnew's, Arthur Tooth's and Manchester City Art Gallery. In 1938 he shared an exhibition with his brother, Walter James Steggles, at Lefevre.