Provenance: Leicester Gallery, London, 1937, purchased by Mrs Fielding bequeathed to Mr L. Schoeman, 6 Steene Rd, Pinetown South Africa. From notes and inscriptions affixed verso

Aucitoned South African, British & Continental Paintings & Sculpture, August 1993, Stephan Welz & Co, Johannesburg, John Leech Gallery, Auckland, Fisher Fine Arts Christchurch Private Collection, Christchurch

Exhibited: Frances Hodgkins 1869-1947, John Leech Gallery, June 1998 New Paintings and Watercolours, The Lefevre Gallery, London, October - November 1937, cat # 27 Biennale di Venezia, British Council at the Galleries of Hertford House, 17 May - 8 June 1940 cat # 107 - British pavillion of Biennale di Venezia was held at Leicester Gallery, London due to the outbreak of WWII Paintings and Watercolours, John Leech Gallery, Auckland, June 1998 Illustrated: Front cover, Frances Hodgkins on Display, Galleries Dealers & Exhibitions 1890 - 1950, Roger Collins & Iain Buchanan, Hockin Library 2000 Literature: p. 119, 121 & 122 Frances Hodgkins, Four Vital Years, Arthur Howell, London 1951 p. 497 Letters of Frances Hodgkins, edited by Linda Gill, Published by Auckland University Press 1993 Methodist Chapel was one of 26 images chosen by Sir Kenneth Clark for the 1940 Venice Bienale, held in London due to WWII. Hodgkins discusses the significance of this selection in a letter to her brother, Willie Hodgkins: '…an invitation from the British Council to represent British Art at the Biennial Exhibition in Venice in April - that is to fill a large sized room in the British Pavilion, the other painters being Duncan Grant, Wadsworth & Munnings - each with a room of their own - a very considerable compliment to your sister one is assumed to be either eminent or dead - perhaps a bit of both - before you can qualify for this honour - it is a very important exhibition. p. 497 Letters of Frances Hodgkins, edited by Linda Gill, Published by Auckland University Press 1993