James Lloyd (1905-1974), 'Danny Kaye as a Monk', signed and 1955, watercolour and gouache, framed and glazed, 34 x 24 cm, with correspondence between the original owner, Anne James, and the artist.

Anne James was Assistant to the Director, Ken Russell, for the 1960s BBC series 'Monitor'. 1964 saw an edition of Monitor called Alfred Hitchcock/ The Dotty World of James Lloyd, and a note attached to the painting states that it was purchased during the filming of this episode by Anne. Anne James was to be a producer and director of Arts programmes herself and later became an Executive Producer of Michael Palin's various travelogue series for the BBC. Other correspondence with the lot mentions James Lloyd's part in Ken Russell's Monitor episode on Henri Rousseau - 'Always on a Sunday' (including possibly Lloyd's line for the part), and being asked to create an illustration for 'The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics'.