Portrait of Mrs Michael Hoare (Patricia Hoare)

Michael and Patricia Hoare lived close to Spencer in Upper Basildon, Berkshire. Michael was a book publisher, and helped Spencer to edit drafts of his posthumous biography of his brother Stanley, published in 1961. Gilbert painted this portrait of Michael's wife Patricia as a thank you for his help.

Date: 1961
Inscriptions: lr: GILBERT SPENCER, and indistinctly above GILBERT SPENCER 1961
Tags: Portrait, Oil Paintings
Medium: Oil on canvas
Height (mm): 760
Width (mm): 630
Frame height (mm): 870
Frame width (mm): 750
Location: Private collection
Exhibition History: RA 1961 (345)
Provenance: Gifted by the artist to Michael Hoare; Sworders, Stanstead Mountfitchet 1/2 October 2024 lot 331