Harold Hope Read Amorous Couple English Watercolor

Watercolor and ink painting of a damsel in distress and hero or lovers by English artist Harold Hope Read (1881-1959). Read’s “High Life” series satirically illustrated the lives of the upper class in Great Britain. Double sided with figure drawings in ink on the back.

Read regularly submitted works to the Royal Academy’s Annual Exhibition and exhibited works at the Alpine Gallery, the New English Art Club, the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours and the National Society of British Artists. Read also contributed political cartoons to Punch Magazine between 1905 and 1922..

Unsigned, from a large group of his work; his name and dates are stamped on the reverse.

15.25 x 11.5 inches