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Colin Harrison (b.1939)
KING GEORGE’S MICROPHONE
P.V.A. and cryla on canvas
titled on Dawson Gallery [Dublin] label on reverse; also with title and medium on separate handwritten label on reverse
35_ x 27_in. (90.17 x 70.49cm)
Dawson Gallery, Dublin;Private collection
This is a reference to the special microphone and sound proof box used by King George VI. Decades after this painting
was exhibited, the film The King’s Speech, was based on the same subject - the monarch’s speech impediment.
€1000-€1500 (£720-£1080 approx.)
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 66IMPORTANT IRISH ART · 30 November 2015