Illustration for 'In Country Places'

One of a set of illustrations for In Country Places by Eiluned Lewis, published by Country Life in 1951. As described in the inscription, the figure in the pollarded tree recurred, with some alterations, in Spencer's mural 'The Scholar Gypsy', painted in 1954-6 but now covered over. See illustration in this catalogue.

Date: c. 1950
Inscriptions: ur: But in the country/ Title page 46 lr: This is the original drawing/ for "Country Places"/ by Eiluned Lewis/ and used again in/ murals "Scholar Gypsy" students/ union London University. Both/ deriving from "The Islanders"/ in Odney Common Cookham 1915
Tags: Illustration, Pen, Pencil, Works on paper
Medium: Pencil, pen and ink on paper
Height (mm): 440
Width (mm): 330
Location: Stanley Spencer Gallery, Cookham
Provenance: Private collection; bequeathed to the Stanley Spencer Gallery, Cookham; Dreweatts, 8 July 2026 lot 145