Bertram Nicholls P.R.B.A., R.O.I. (1883-1974), Figure seated outside a church, signed and dated 1922, inscribed to Mrs Wertheim, pencil, 21 x 27cm.; 8.25 x 10.75in. * Mrs Lucy Wertheim was one of the 1930's best known gallery owners. Lucy Wertheim championed the cause of many modern artists with a missionary zeal, often exhibiting in the provinces in the face of much criticism from the press and a large section of the public who resented the emergence of modern art.