Lot 686 : Sold for £190 hammer

Estimate £100-£150

Bernard Pearsall (b.1923) - Portrait of prisoner Donald Hulme with Dartmoor Prison beyond, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1957, framed, 61cm x 51cm Bernard Pearsall began painting in Dartmoor Prison whilst serving a ten year sentence. He painted scenes of prison life and fellow prisoners. An exhibition of the artist's work was held at the Upper Grosvenor Galleries, London in 1968

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