Portrait of John Gerald Bradshaw
Spencer drew this portrait of his future father-in-law while he was courting his daughter. He wrote, 'The drawing took rather a long time, and it is an interesting one. When it was finished Ursula showed it to Mr Bradshaw, and told him that I wished to marry her. To his inquiry 'Can he support you?' she replied 'No!' (Spencer 1974, p. 95).
Date: 1930
Inscriptions: lr: Gilbert Spencer/ 1930
Tags: Portrait, Pencil, Works on paper
Medium: Pencil on two sheets of paper
Location: Private collection
Exhibition History: Goupil 1932 (22); Reading 1964 (122)
Provenance: Gift of the artist to the sitter; by descent.
Literature: Spencer 1961 p. 178; Spencer 1974 p. 95; Gough illus. p. 169
Date: 1930
Inscriptions: lr: Gilbert Spencer/ 1930
Tags: Portrait, Pencil, Works on paper
Medium: Pencil on two sheets of paper
Location: Private collection
Exhibition History: Goupil 1932 (22); Reading 1964 (122)
Provenance: Gift of the artist to the sitter; by descent.
Literature: Spencer 1961 p. 178; Spencer 1974 p. 95; Gough illus. p. 169