Harold Speed (1872-1957), The Bridge of Sighs, Venice

Harold Speed (1872-1957)
The Bridge of Sighs, Venice
signed '.Harold. Speed.' (lower right) and further signed and inscribed 'The Bridge of Sighs/by/HAROLD SPEED/23 Campden Hill Square W8' (on the artist's label attached to the reverse)
oil on canvas
28 3/8 x 32 5/8 in. (72.1 x 82.8 cm.)

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Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY SOLD AT THE DIRECTION OF BRENDA, LADY COOK, FORMERLY FROM THE COOK COLLECTION, DOUGHTY HOUSE, RICHMOND

Exhibited
Northampton, Northampton Art Gallery, Catalogue of Paintings by Harold Speed, 2 - 30 January 1937, no. 32.
Blackpool, Grundy Art Gallery, An Exhibition of oil paintings by Harold Speed, April 1937, no. 23.
London, The Fine Art Society, Harold Speed: Landscapes, September-October 1938, no. 12.
London, R.W.S. Galleries, Memorial Exhibition of paintings by Harold Speed, R.B.C., R.P., 21 May - 6 June 1959, no. 20.