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Alfred Wallis (British 1855 - 1942) 
Four Sailing Boats and Pier Head 
Household paint and pencil on card 
c. 1930 

Size: 17.5cm high, 30cm wide - 7 ins high, 11¾ wide 
Frame: 32cm high, 43cm wide - 12½ ins high, 17 ins wide 

Waddington Galleries, London
Collection of Hon. Mrs Thomas Hazleregg, UK (purchased from the above in c. 1965) 
Ex Private UK collection 

      ….. ‘i am thinkin of givin up The paints all to gether i have nothin But Persecution and gelecy [jealousy] and if you can com [come] down for an hour or 2 you can take them with you and give what they are worf [worth] afterwards. These drawers and shopes are all jealous of me’….. 

                                           letter from Alfred Wallis to Jim Ede