Allegory: HRH The Prince Regent Awakening The Spirit of Brighton
Artist: Rex Whistler (1905 - 1944)
Location: Royal Pavilion
Date: 1944
Materials: oil on wall-paper (now mounted on canvas)
Dimensions: 157 x 246 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £50 (Total: £200)
Vendor: House's owner (where the mural was painted)
Review number: 1412 (1945)
Provenance:
Originally a mural painted directly onto the wall-paper of a house in Brighton whilst it was requisitioned by Whistler's battalion of the Welsh Guards during the Second World War.
Description:
Allegory in the forms of a winged cupid and a sleeping nymph respectively. Painted directly on wallpaper; removed and remounted on canvas. Dated 5-7 June 1944.
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