The Balcony, 6 Downshire Hill, Hampstead
Spencer was a frequent guest of the Carline family at 47 Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London, close to this house with its distinctive Regency balcony.
Date: 1928
Inscriptions: lr: Gilbert Spencer/ 1928
Tags: Urban, Oil Paintings
Medium: Oil on canvas
Height (mm): 710
Width (mm): 610
Frame height (mm): 950
Frame width (mm): 850
Location: Private collection
Exhibition History: Goupil 1929 (22); Glasgow, Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts, 1949; Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Great Britain, November 1955 (175), where lent by Percy Julius Spencer; Reading 1964 (29), where lent by Mrs. H. P. Spencer; London, Fine Art Society, Unity Spencer, 24th March – 24th April 2015; Abbot Hall 2024
Provenance: Percy Julius Spencer, thence by family descent; Their sale, Bonhams London, 30th May 2012, lot 42; Fine Art Society; private collection; Sotheby's London 16 September 2023, lot 117; Liss Llewellyn
Literature: Gough 2024 p. 115, illus. p. 156
Date: 1928
Inscriptions: lr: Gilbert Spencer/ 1928
Tags: Urban, Oil Paintings
Medium: Oil on canvas
Height (mm): 710
Width (mm): 610
Frame height (mm): 950
Frame width (mm): 850
Location: Private collection
Exhibition History: Goupil 1929 (22); Glasgow, Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts, 1949; Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Great Britain, November 1955 (175), where lent by Percy Julius Spencer; Reading 1964 (29), where lent by Mrs. H. P. Spencer; London, Fine Art Society, Unity Spencer, 24th March – 24th April 2015; Abbot Hall 2024
Provenance: Percy Julius Spencer, thence by family descent; Their sale, Bonhams London, 30th May 2012, lot 42; Fine Art Society; private collection; Sotheby's London 16 September 2023, lot 117; Liss Llewellyn
Literature: Gough 2024 p. 115, illus. p. 156