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Description: Alfred Robert Hayward (British, 1875-1971)
'Faith'
oil on canvas, signed and dated 1939
21 x 27in (53.5 x 68.5cm), within a gilt frame and mounted as part of a mahogany cased triptych, the doors opening to reveal the painting flanked by two giltwood panels with blue lettering by Percy Smith, giving a list of remembrance throughout history.

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Notes: * This triptych was commissioned by Frederick Konig from Alfred Hayward in 1938, for the 'Temple of Music' at Tyringham House, Buckinghamshire. The lot includes a fascinating collection of letters, invoices and other paperwork dating from 1927 to 1940, relating to the design of the painting and its triptych case. Included is correspondence between Mr. Konig and Alfred Hayward, Harold Harvey, Percy Smith and Sir Edwin Lutyens, who was responsible for much remodelling of the house in the early 20th century, including the Temple of Music and Temple of Peace in the grounds. The mahogany case for the triptych was to Lutyens' design and there are letters in the provenance relating to this fact. It would appear from the file that Mr. Konig originally commissioned the Cornish artist Harold Harvey in the late-1920s, and indeed Harvey appears to have completed a pair of paintings which were rejected by Mr. Konig upon their arrival via train at Tyringham in 1928. Glyn Philpot was then approached before Alfred Hayward was commissioned over ten years later.