'King' of the Castle Still Lifes Mr Mustard and Teapot: 9

Mr Mustard and Teapot: 9 x 7½ x 7½ ins (23 x 19 x 19 cm)

a serious commission for one of the leading physicians of the day

Even without a comical figure to point us to a punchline this little study of industrial buildings still manages to exude his humour

barely a decade later the shipping containers and coastal deep-water ports had finished off the Thames’ trade and with it the viability of the Docks and Wharves along that bank

mostly selling for a few hundred here and there and I feel a certain poignancy that she is now remembered for these ordinary little pot boilers rather than the early oils that augured such a dazzling future

'King' of the Castle Still Lifes Mr Mustard and Teapot: 9Medium Details: Oil pastel, ink, graphite, sgraffito on acid free board 'King' is the name of the Chihuahua.