This preparatory study for the well-known painting The Council, also known as The Village Politicians, was painted in 1916 and exhibited at the Royal Academy. The study has considerable documentary significance as it shows, from left to right, S J Lamorna Birch with Joe Ladnor, a fisherman, Robert Matthews, a shopkeeper, Robert Morson Hughes, a painter, and Nick Jory, the landlord of The Wink public house at Larmorna, an important meeting place for the Lamorna artists.
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Title of artwork, date
Study for The Council, 1916
Date supported
1996
Medium and material
Charcoal & wash on paper
Dimensions
39 x 52 cm
Grant
1250
Total cost
3000
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