"The Bricklayer" Oils on Pine Panel English Naive School, c.1780
41 ½" high x 17" wide
The subject, style, and dimensions of this engaging naive mage suggest that it may originally have been painted as the Tavern Sign for a "Bricklayer's Arms"
Provenance: The Judkyn/Pratt Collection of British Folk Art An English Private Collection, Sussex
Literature: James Ayres, British Folk Art. Barrie & Jenkins Ltd, London 1977. Illustrated in colour between pages 40 and 41.
