Portrait of Theodosia Townsend, Mrs A. Neville Lewis (alt. title: Girl in Yellow)

Theodosia (Theo) Townshend and her husband A. Neville Lewis were fellow students with Gilbert at the Slade School of Art. Theo pursued a career as a decorative artist. Her marriage with Lewis ended in 1920. In 1928, Neville Lewis and Gilbert Spencer would share a joint exhibition of watercolours and drawings at the Goupil Gallery, along with Paul Nash, another friend. 

Date: 1920
Inscriptions: On reverse: Gilbert Spencer/ 1920
Tags: Portrait, Oil Paintings
Medium: Oil on canvas
Height (mm): 610
Width (mm): 508
Location: Private collection
Exhibition History: NEAC 63rd, 29 December 1920-28 January 1921 (77); Abbot Hall 2024
Provenance: FAS; Mrs Theodosia Townshend; private collection; Christie's, London 'Peter Langan: A Life with Art', 18 December 2012, lot 123; private collection.