Study for The Rick Party, decorative panel for Fayleys Border

Study for an oil painting executed c. 1960-2. The inscribed date of 1926 is almost certainly retrospective, as the rest of the inscription is from 1967. Spencer painted a second version of The Rick Party in 1970-1.

Date: 1926
Inscriptions: lr: For Catherine/ with love/ Gilbert Spencer/ 1926 Inscribed on reverse: For Catherine on her 21st birthday With love from Uncle Gil Feb 18 1967/ Study for "The Rick Party"/ Exhibited at the Royal Academy 1960 (no. 19)/ & no (86) Retrospective Show at Reading 1964/ No (19) The Rick Party The Rick Party/ decorative panel for/ Fayleys Boarder/ owned by Mr Leonard Rossiter
Tags: Figures, Watercolour, Pencil, Works on paper
Medium: Pencil and watercolour on paper, squared for transfer
Height (mm): 380
Width (mm): 495
Location: Private collection
Provenance: Gifted by the artist to a member of his family