Lot 148: Louis Grimshaw (1870-1943)

View of Bradford signed and dated, Louis H. Grimshaw 10/96' (lower left) oil on canvas 111/2 x 16 7/8 in. (29 x 43 cm.) PROVENANCE with Omell Galleries, London. Christie's, London, 10 February 1961, lot 107, (70 gns. to the present vendor). NOTES This is a view of the east end of the then parish church of St. Peter's Bradford. The church was made a Cathedral in 1919. The tower to the left of the picture is that of the Town Hall, which was built in imitation of the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. Much of the foreground of the picture was re-developed in the twentieth century. We are grateful to Alex Robertson and Dr. Terry Friedman for their help in preparing this catalogue entry.