London Wall and St. Giles Cripplegate

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Little is known of the life of the painter of this work, William J. MacLeod, (active 1928–1950) other than it is thought that he worked for the Government department the Ministry of Works. Another work in the GAC, a scale copy of the ceiling of the Queen’s Drawing Room at Hampton Court – a copy of fresco by A. Verrio – indicates that MacLeod worked in the Restoration Studio at the Ministry of Works.

Places

Subjects

walking, WW2 art, genre, townscape/cityscape, dog, cloud, rainbow, man, woman, child, street, pavement, fortification, church, ruin, wall

Materials & Techniques

board, oil, oil painting

Artist

William J MacLeod

Title

London Wall and St. Giles Cripplegate

Date

1941

Medium

Oil on board

Dimensions

height: 60.80 cm, width: 73.00 cm

Acquisition

Origin uncertain

Inscription

br: W.J.MacLeod 1941.

GAC number

14708