About this lot

Description

The Bridge of Sighs and the Old Library at St John's College, Cambridge
signed 'L.R.Squirrell' (lower right)
watercolour over pencil on paper laid onto card, unframed
37 x 49.5cm



Provenance:
Acquired by Harry Bass, the art director of Tower Press, circa 1950,
Thence by descent to the present owner, his daughter



Footnote:

Tower Press was a British board game and puzzle company founded in the early 1930s. By the 1960s they were the largest jigsaw puzzle makers in the world. In 1969 the Leeds-based games manufacturer Waddingtons bought the business, probably with the aim of removing a competitor from the market. The following seven lots (1-7) are all original watercolours commissioned in the 1960s by the then art director of Tower Press, Harry Bass. They were most likely concept pieces intended to be made into jigsaw puzzles.



Condition report:

Image size - 37 x 49.5cm
Size including the card support - 49.5 x 60cm
Stuck down to card. There is toning and light foxing to the card support. The main image is in a good condition overall. The colours remain strong - the work has been stored in a plan chest for numerous years. Unframed. Few specs of surface dirt and very light foxing spots in the sky.

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