Allegory: HRH The Prince Regent Awakening The Spirit of Brighton

Rex Whistler (1905 - 1944)

The Royal Pavilion

1944

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.

• Medium: oil on wall-paper (now mounted on canvas)
• Dimensions: 157 x 246 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £50 ( Total: £200)
• ArtFunded in: 1945
• Vendor: House's owner (where the mural was painted)

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.

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