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Paintings: G0008
Title
Sir George Alexander
Technique
Watercolour
Subject
Artist
Date
1910
Dimensions
Height: 53.3cm
Width: 36.8cm
Width: 36.8cm
Other materials
Pencil with watercolour and body colour on blue wove paper
Inscription/signature
"Sir Geo. Alexander / Drawn from life / by Arthur Garratt / - 1910 - "
Provenance
Presented by Arthur Garratt (the artist), 1945
Other number
CKA 643
Gift 625
Gift 625
Alexander wears a grey double breasted suit and waistcoat and a blue tie.
A letter from the artist to the Club Secretary, dated 21 March 1945, describes the circumstances of creation: "This drawing (19 x 15) was done by myself when I worked for the old weekly "Graphic" & allied weeklies from 1900 onwards. Sir Geo. Alexander gave me a special sitting at St. James's & was very pleased about it - It was, I think, considered a good likeness & it seems a pity that the drawing is not hung somewhere he was known. I did a good many portraits of various important people of the time & I have given some of them to relatives, clubs & institutions. If the Club would like to have the drawing, please let me know & I will send it to you".
Sir George became a member of the Garrick Club in 1886.
A letter from the artist to the Club Secretary, dated 21 March 1945, describes the circumstances of creation: "This drawing (19 x 15) was done by myself when I worked for the old weekly "Graphic" & allied weeklies from 1900 onwards. Sir Geo. Alexander gave me a special sitting at St. James's & was very pleased about it - It was, I think, considered a good likeness & it seems a pity that the drawing is not hung somewhere he was known. I did a good many portraits of various important people of the time & I have given some of them to relatives, clubs & institutions. If the Club would like to have the drawing, please let me know & I will send it to you".
Sir George became a member of the Garrick Club in 1886.
