Lot 1569
LIONEL EDWARDS (1878-1966)
EXMOOR UNDER SNOW: PONIES AT LARKBARROW
Signed and dated 60, inscribed Larkbarrow, watercolour and gouache
29.5 x 36cm;
with three books (`Reminiscences of a Sporting Artist` by Edwards, signed and dedicated; `Figures in a Landscape` by Marjorie Edwards, 1986; `Lionel Edwards - Master of the Sporting Scene` by J. N. P. Watson, 1986); and a signed print, `The Mockers`, 17 x 25cm (6 items)
Provenance: A gift from the artist to his doctor, May 1964, and thence by descent. An ALS, sold with the lot, reads Please accept my little sketch of `Exmoor under snow` as a small token of our gratitude for all the trouble you have taken, in looking after two old crocks at Buckholt [the artist's home near Salisbury]`
