‘His Old Wedding Hat’ by Charles Spencelayh
Depicts a late nineteenth-century English interior scene with soft light. A man stands starring at a resting black top hat next, which sits next to to a hatbox on a drop-leaf table. Oil on canvas, signed and painted in 1943.
Signed and dated lower left: C. Spencelayh 1943
Sight size: H: 20 in / 50 cm W: 24 in / 60 cm
Provenance: Private collection, UK
Additional Note: Various labels on the back noting artist, title or the work and UK fine art dealers.
Charles Spencelayh (1865-1958)
Spencelayh was an English painter of realistic genre scenes and portraits. In his later years he focused on domestic interiors scenes depicting old men. Throughout his career he exhibited at the Paris Salon and throughout Britain, and showed over 30 paintings at the Royal Academy. Most notably, Spencelayh painted a miniature of George V for Queen Mary’s celebrated dolls’ house, which was on display at the Wembley Exhibition of 1924, and today is located at Windsor Castle. Works by Spencelayh are represented in several museums, including; Bradford City Art Gallery, the Tate Gallery in London, the Manchester City Art Gallery and the Harris Museum & Art Gallery in Preston.
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