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Helen Bradley

The May Queen
oil on canvas board

8.0 x 10.2 in (20.3 x 26.0 cm)
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The May Queen
oil on canvas board
8.0 x 10.2 in (20.3 x 26.0 cm)
Estimate: £ 10,000 - 15,000
€ 12,000 - 17,000
Auction: 60 days

Bonhams London, New Bond Street

City: Online, London, New Bond Street
Auction: Oct 01, 2025 11:00 AM
Auction number: 30714
Auction name: Blazing a Trail: Modern British Women
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Lot Details
signed 'HELEN BRADLEY' and with fly insignia (lower right); further signed, inscribed and dated 'We saw a May Queen on our way/through Glodwick to visit Great Aunt/Buckley. Mother, Grandma and the/Aunts, also Miss Carter (who wore Pink)/always took a short cut across some/waste ground behind the street where/Minnie and Poor Little Sammy Cormrod lived./Today George and I saw a beautiful/May Queen but Poor Sammy Cormrod quite/spoiled everything by screaming and/saying that he wanted to be the May Queen./He was very spoiled because he was always/ill,but, today Minnie made him go home, and/the year was 1906/Helen Layfield Bradley 1974.'
Lot Details
signed 'HELEN BRADLEY' and with fly insignia (lower right); further signed, inscribed and dated 'We saw a May Queen on our way/through Glodwick to visit Great Aunt/Buckley. Mother, Grandma and the/Aunts, also Miss Carter (who wore Pink)/always took a short cut across some/waste ground behind the street where/Minnie and Poor Little Sammy Cormrod lived./Today George and I saw a beautiful/May Queen but Poor Sammy Cormrod quite/spoiled everything by screaming and/saying that he wanted to be the May Queen./He was very spoiled because he was always/ill,but, today Minnie made him go home, and/the year was 1906/Helen Layfield Bradley 1974.'
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