Lot 284: LEONARD CHARLES NIGHTINGALE "The Garden Gate",

LEONARD CHARLES NIGHTINGALE "The Garden Gate", monogrammed, oil on canvas, 36" x 28", retaining the original giltwood and gesso frame, inscribed on the gilt mount "LC Nightingale". See illustration Provenance: Private Collection, Yorkshire Private Collection, Kent Exhibited: Possibly The Royal Academy, 1913, ref: 669 "The Garden Gateway" Leonard Charles Nightingale lived in London and regularly exbibited at the Royal Academy. Other works by him incorporate the open gate shown in the present work, which is probably a metaphor for enticing possibilities beyond.