Rome Scholars
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SOLDArnold Mason (1885-1963):
Portrait of Winifred Knights wearing a coral necklace, reading, circa 1921
Framed (ref: 103)
Pencil on paper, 9 3/4 x 7 1/8 in. (25 x 18 cm.)
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Provenance: Winifred Knights; thence by descent
Winifred Knights was one of the Slade's most striking beauties. Fellow
Slade-trained artists Mason, Gill and Monnington all fell under her
spell. This portrait by Mason is likely to date from August 1921 when -
as Knight's fiancé - he visited her at the end of her first year as a
Rome Scholar.
In a letter dated 10th August Knights refers to Mason's staying with
her at Anticoli Corrado: 'Arnold put all his sketches on the wall
today. He has over 30 most of them beauties .. I have bought a lovely
coral necklace a beauty.'
