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Greetings card signed by Alfred
Munnings, the front depicting a hunt
scene with the handwritten inside
message reading: 'To you all at Valley
Farm with the very best of good wishes
for Christmas and the New Year'. The
card itself is very worn with considerable
staining but the writing inside is entirely
legible.
ALFRED
MUNNINGS:
Munnings was born in Mendham,
Suffolk, in 1878. At fourteen he became
apprenticed at a Norwich printers
where he worked for the next six years,
designed advertising posters whilst
attending Norwich Art School in his
spare time. When his apprenticeship
ended he dedicated himself to painting
full-time and in 1899 had two pictures
shown in the Royal Academy Summer
Exhibition. Associated with the Newlyn
School, Munnings frequently painted
rural scenes and, encouraged by his wife
to accept commisions from society
figures, he became best known for
equine painting, often depicting horses
hunting or racing. Assessed as unfit to
join the army in 1917, Munnings took a
civilian position near Reading where he
processed thousands of Canadian horses
en route to France, he was later assigned
to a horse remount depot on the
Western Front, where his talents were
employed as war artist to the Canadian
Cavalry Brigade. After the war ended
the Royal Academy held a Canadian
War Records Exhibition which included
forty-five of Munning's canvases. In
1944 the artist was elected President of
the Royal Academy of Art and was
awarded a knighthood, he died at Castle
House in Dedham, Essex, in July 1959
which is now a Munnings museum.
£80 - £100
508
Framed and glazed watercolour of a
kingfisher by a river, signed indistinctly
l.r., visible picture size H:21cm x
W:41.5cm.
£10 - £20
509
Giles, framed and mounted pen and ink
drawing depicting State Carriage,
signed, together with a copy of the
published illustration from the Daily
Mail, May 14th 1963, caption reads
'There's a nasty story that a bit of a
punch-up is going on between the
officers and grooms of the Royal Mews.
Hey ho - off we go with the State
Carriage to pick up today's royal
visitors'. Visible picture size H.27cm x
W.28cm. Plus Framed oil painting of a
river scene with trees, indistinctly signed
l.r. (Bruce?). H.40cm x W.52
A.R.R.
£800 - £850
510
F. Milner, framed oil painting of coastal
scene, signed, l.r., visible picture size
H.23.5cm x W.33.5cm.
£30 - £50
511
Aboriginal painting on leather, possibly
1920's (?), with rings to two sides, 104cm
x 152cm approx.
£700 - £1000