Signed and dated l.r.: Stanley Spencer/July 1957

Pencil, 49 by 27.5 cm (19 ¼ by 10 ¾ ins)

The sitter in this drawing is Clare George, the daughter of Joan George who was a great supporter of the artist later in his career and one of the founders of the Stanley Spencer Museum in Cookham in 1962. Joan first befriended Spencer following an article she wrote on the artist for the Yorkshire Post. She subsequently wrote a book on their friendship, Stanley Spencer Remembered. Spencer’s unfinished portrait of Joan George from 1958 is in the collection of The Stanley Spencer Museum in Cookham.