Mary Elliot Lacey (1924-2004) 'Privet Hawk Moth', Signed Gouache. Full Catalogue and has been taped to

and has been taped to the rear

The book is three-quarter bound in tan leather with the spine boasting raised bands

he developed a desire to convey atmosphere and tranquility in his watercolours

some very light crazing in places and three small patches of foxing to the mirror (please see photographs)

Mary Elliot Lacey (1924-2004) 'Privet Hawk Moth', Signed Gouache. Full Catalogue and has been taped toA very fine gouache by Suffolk artist Mary Ellot Lewis, signed and titled 'Privet Hawk Moth'. As Mary Elliott Lewis, she was born at Kings Norton, Worcestershire on 26 September 1923. Mary studied at Birmingham College of Art 1939 1944 under Bernard Fleetwood Walker (1893 1965) and then taught at Mansfield School of Art for seven years after which spent two years at Wolverhampton College of Art. She married at Birmingham in 1951, Henry Howard Lacey