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Helen Allingham RWS (1848-1926) Old house at Westerham Signed H.Allingham (lower right) Pencil and watercolour 35.9 x 50.8cm; 14¼ x 20in Provenance: Sir Owen Aisher (1900-1993); By descent to The Muro Collection This collection of works by Helen Allingham (lots 180—192) have passed by descent from the personal collection of Sir Owen Aisher (1900-1993), one of the most noted collectors of her work. Sir Owen was the chairman of Marley Ltd., a building materials company with a particular specialism in roofing tiles. On behalf of the company, Sir Owen purchased a group of Allingham works which faithfully reproduced the materials of the buildings depicted. These became known as The Marley Collection, and were sold at Christie’s in 1991. The works offered here formed part of Sir Owen’s personal collection and hung at his home in Surrey. Dating from 1530 this building caught the artist's eye during one of her many painting trips to Westerham in the late 1890s. The house still stands. We are grateful to Annabel Watts for her assistance cataloguing the present work. Read more »