Diary extracts for January 1936
12th Jan 1936:
started painting of Village Street (24x8 upright)
15th Jan 1936:
Began painting of Falmouth (20x24) with ship PZ type in foreground.
20th Jan 1936:
Cheque for £100 from Liverpool (painting of Weymouth Harbour (51x34). Drew 4-masted schooner at So’ton docks.
20th Jan 1936:
Death of King George V
(Cutting back gorse, levelling ground in the garden. otherwise just painting.)
21st Jan 1936:
Received copies of Art Review with colour reproduction of the large ‘Robin Hood’s Town’.
25th Jan 1936:
Finished painting of Falmouth started on the 15th (20x24). Girl with a basket in the foreground. (purchased by Harold Bligh for 18gns in December 1936)
26th Jan 1936:
Painted 4-masted schooner in Southampton docks (used Roberson’s “amber” colours) 26th Jan - 11th Feb
(Purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Maynard, last day of show, October 1936 for 10 gns)