Lot 72
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Sir Alfred James Munnings, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1878-1959)
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Sir Alfred James Munnings, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1878-1959)

Study of King George V on Jock

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Sir Alfred James Munnings, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1878-1959)
Study of King George V on Jock
signed 'AJ Munnings' (lower left)
pencil
8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm.)
Executed circa 1936
and another pencil study of King George V mounted, 6 x 4¼ in. (15.3 x 10.4 cm.) (2)
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Lot Essay

The present sketch relates to the posthumous portrait of King George V on his Pony Jock at Sandringham (Ipswich Borough Council Museums and Galleries) which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1937. Munnings made a number of studies for the portrait, as illustrated by his painting Artist Painting King George V's Pony Jock (1936; sold in these Rooms, 5 June 1998, lot 172 for £309,500). French, who had been the King's groom, posed in a shooting suit which had belonged to his late master (see A.J. Munnings, The Second Burst, Bungay, 1951, p. 232).

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