MONTAGUE DAWSON
British, 1895–1973

"Good Sailing" - King George V’s Yacht “Britannia”

Signed MONTAGUE DAWSON; also titled on the reverse
Oil on canvas
28 x 42 inches (71 x 107 cm)
Framed: 35½ x 49 inches (90 x 124.5 cm)

Painted in 1932.

Provenance
The Casson Galleries, Boston
Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little, Hudson, MA (acquired from the above)
Warren M. "Renny" Little, Cambridge, MA (son of the above), until 2021

Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, The Third United Artists' Exhibition in aid of H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester's
Red Cross and St. John Fund, 1943, no. 529

Literature
"The United Artists Exhibition," The Birmingham Post, Birmingham, January 1, 1943, p. 2, "... Mr. Montague
Dawson's 'Good Sailing' will stir the blood of every yachtsman."
Country Life, London, Vol. CCXXV, No. 31, July 30, 2025, p. 16, illustrated

$65,000

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