William S Taylor: Audrey putting on gloves, '42 - on Art WW I

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William S Taylor:
Audrey putting on gloves, '42

Unmounted (ref: 8884)
Squared, signed, dated, inscribed 'Audrey'
Pen and ink, wash
image size 13 x 9 in. (33 x 22.8 cm)

Tags: William S Taylor ink pen and ink wash portraits women



Provenance: The Artist's Estate; Private collection


The model is the artist's wife Audrey Wallis, (1919-1997).
Wallis was a sculptor and painter, was born in Whitchurch, Devon. She attended Leicester College of Art, 1936-40 and then won a scholarship to the RCA 1940-43. She was awarded a silver medal and a distinction for her work there and spent the next five years teaching art in York and Rotherham. She taught at Sheffield College of Art from 1948-80.


Audrey combing her hair, 1943 (Private Collection)


Literature; W.S. Taylor, by John Basford, Northernd Creative Print Solutions, 2012, page 21.


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