View of North Bar Within by Fred Elwell – £13,000 at Hawleys.
A view by Yorkshire artist Fred Elwell (1870-1958) of his beloved local town, Beverley, took £13,000 at local saleroom Hawleys (15% buyer’s premium) on April 9.
Exhibited at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, the 16 x 21½in (40 x 55cm) oil on panel depicts Beverley’s market place and bandstand, as seen from the 15th century North Bar gate. Elwell painted the work in 1926 from Bar House, his residence at the time.