†ARTHUR SPOONER

†ARTHUR SPOONER, RBA (1873-1961) THE BREWER'S DRAY signed, oil on canvas, 66 x 90cmDuncan Gilmour & Co Ltd of Sheffield, a dray of which is the subject of the present work, was established as a wine and spirit merchant by its eponymous founder in 1854. Brewing commenced at the Dixon Lane Brewery in 1884. The company eventually owned a large estate of public houses in Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Liverpool, also buying Wm Hickling & Co of Chapel Bar, Nottingham, before being acquired by Joshua Tetley & Son Ltd in 1954.