Signed l.r.: John Cole and signed, inscribed with title and the artist’s address on a label on the reverse

Oil on panel

53 by 63.5 cm., 21 by 25 in.

Exhibited: London, Royal Academy, 1953, no.687; London, Royal Society of British Artists, September 1954, no.209; Portsmouth Museum & Art Gallery, The Cole Family, Painters of the English Landscape, 1838-1975,1988, no.173

Literature: T.J.Barringer, The Cole Family: Painters of the English Landscape 1838-1975, Portsmouth City Museums 1988, illustrated p.179, p.181 (no.173)

The shop depicted is the antique dealers Leslie S.Scott who were active in the trade in around 1950. Always a fashionable enclave within Belgravia, Motcomb Street has long been a significant address for art, antique dealers and auctioneers (Sotheby’s had their Belgravia salerooms there in the 1970s and 1980s). This shop is now the home of the hairdressers Errol Douglas.