Mar 01, 2018 - Sale 2467

Sale 2467 - Lot 35

Price Realized: $ 1,625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
GERALD SPENCER PRYSE (1881-1956) BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION. 1924.
40x50 inches, 101 1/2x127 cm. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Ltd., London.
Condition A-: small replaced loss in upper left corner; minor repaired tears and creases in margins.
The British Empire Exhibitions of 1924 and 1925 were put on by the government of King George V to demonstrate Britain's breadth and prowess to the world and to recover from economic demise in the wake of the Great War. The exhibition gathered member nations of the empire and displayed accomplishments in industry, engineering, sport and commerce. From the "Scenes of Empire Series," no. P30.