Lot 694
FREDERICK HENRY TOWNSEND (1868-1920)
VISITOR TO GALLERY: `THAT'S A LOVELY BIT OF COLOUR.`
ATTENDANT: MAY I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF BOOKING IT FOR YOU.
VISITOR: NO - MY HOUSE IS FULL OF PICTURES - IN FACT I'VE TEN UNDER THE BED
ATTENDANT: THEN, SIR, ONE MORE THERE WON'T MAKE MUCH DIFFERENCE
VISITOR: ALL RIGHT THEN - I'LL TAKE IT
Signed and dated 1907, inscribed with caption below, pen and ink heightened with white
22 x 31cm.
