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Ralph Hedley R.B.A.
The old curiosity shop
1902
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oil on canvas
405 x 321 mm
SIGNED b.r.c. R Hedley 1902

EXHIBITED

Loan Exhibition of Works
by Ralph Hedley R.B.A.
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, 1938 (59)

Ralph Hedley: Tyneside Painter,
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, 1990-91

PUBLIC COLLECTION 

Laing Art Gallery,
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Reference TWCMS : F9120
Given by Mrs M. Ross,
Newcasle,1944

Ralph Hedley Archive reference
1902_w004

The old curiosity shop

An excellent example of a Hedley title which plays on words.  The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens was a popular novel, but the new century brought an ironical interpretation and bright fresh colours.