Miscellaneous Paintings

oil on canvas, unstretched and unframed, approx. 63X74cm, but with some damage to edges and elsewhere. Location unclear, but probably done in Chelsea, London, date likely 1920s

oil on canvas, unstretched and unframed, 49X67cm

Oil on canvas, unstretched and unframed, approx. 90X60cm. Likely mid-1920s, when for a while Marietta hired a small studio in this location, and when several other 'Yarmouth Docks' paintings (and woodcuts by Phillis Clark) were executed. (See below) Sold 2025. To be...

oil on canvas, unstretched and unframed, approx. 50X67cm. Likely 1920s? The button-back East Anglian elm chairs are still extant at Long Gores

This is probably the picture 'Stevedores' which was exhibited at the London Group 23rd Exhibition at the R.W.S. Gallery in January 1926, when it was priced at £12.0.0. Oil on canvas, Unstretched and unframed, approx. 51X48cm Sold 2025. To be stretched and framed. In...

oil on canvas, unstretched and unframed, approx. 32X40cm

oil on canvas, unstretched and unframed, approx. 40X50cm

oil on canvas, unstretched and unframed; approx. 58X60cmHas been stretched in the past, and now has limited edges.And see 'Artichokes and Blue Jug' below - probably painted at the same time (1930s?).

Oil on canvas, unstretched and unframed, approx. 40X60cm This is one of the pictures exhibited at the Bloomsbury Gallery in 1938, when it was priced at 18 Guineas (£18.18s.0d)

oil on canvas, unstretched and unframed, approx. 40X50cm

oil on canvas, unstretched and unframed, approx. 45X34cm

Oil on canvas, unstretched and unframed, approx. 50X40cm

Oil on Canvas, unstretched and unframed, approx. 60X45cm

Oil on Canvas, unstretched and unframed, approx. 55X45cm Painted at Long Gores, likely 1930s - and see 'Hyacinths' below, for which this is probably an earlier version

Oil on canvas, unstretched and unframed, approx. 60X40cm Done at Marietta's London house in Chelsea (you can tell this from the striped curtains), likely 1920s

Oil on canvas - Unstretched and unframed, approx. 40X50cm

Rather difficult to interpret this painting! Unstretched & unframed oil on canvas, approx. 35X45cm

Oil on Canvas, unstretched and unframed, approx. 45X40cm, likely done during the 1910s

NFS - on card, a representative image presented here of about twenty similar pieces, likely all done during the 1910s

Woodcut, by Phillis Clarke; early 1920s. Yarmouth Docks, c.1923. Framed; 36x30cm One of 3 similar works. This one alone on sale at £50; all 3 woodcuts together: £150) (and see 'Trawlers, Yarmouth Docks' below by Marietta Pallis.)

Woodcut, by Phillis Clarke, early 1920s. Yarmouth Docks, c.1923. Framed; 36x30cm One of 3 similar works. This one alone on sale at £50 - all 3 together: £150 (& see 'Trawlers, Yarmouth Docks' below by Marietta Pallis)

Woodcut, by Phillis Clarke, early 1920s. Framed, 48x42cm. One of a set of three similar, the others being 'Coal Heavers' and 'Yarmouth Trawler' This one on sale at £100. All three together: £150 (All three were executed at the same time that Marietta Pallis was...

No.1 of three similar All framed, 39x50cm Each £40, or all three for £100

No.2 of 3 similar All framed, 39x50cm Each £40, or all three for £100

No.3 of 3 similar All framed, 39x50cm Each £40, or all three for £100

Holly & Ivy - this was sent to various recipients as a late Christmas card/New Year greetings card on December 31st 2024

This was originally Plate III of Marietta's monumental 1953 book production, Tableaux in Greek History. (See 'Illustrations' for the other 8 illustrations used in Tableaux, all of which - including 'Holy Trinity' - are available as unmounted 'Artist's Proofs'.) The...

Tapestries, a pair of chair-covers,designed by Andrea Pallis in 1947.  Executed by Jill Vlasto, and in daily use on a pair of dining- chairs in Cambridge until 2001; then partially restored, and in daily use in Norfolk until 2023; fully restored, mounted and framed...

Probably painted in the 1920s. In private collection, Norfolk UK

Marietta maintained a small studio in Yarmouth overlooking the herring dock in the early 1920s; this is one of a number of pictures made by both her and Phillis Clark of dockside scenes.  (Also see the East Anglian Film Archive) Framed.  Approx. 70x54cm On...

Probably painted in the 1930s.  Exhibited at the Bloomsbury Gallery, London, in 1938 when it was priced at £63.0.0.  The ruins of Hickling Priory, then a farm, are the neighbouring property to Marietta’s marsh at Long Gores.  In private collection, Norfolk...

Painted in the interior of Long Gores Cottage, 1930s? In private collection, Australia

Painted in the interior of Long Gores Cottage, 1930s? In private collection, Australia

In private collection in Norfolk

Note the same woven straw table-matting as in other large still-lifes of the period - likely 1940s? Framed.  Approx. 93x93cm On sale 2025/26 @ guide price £350

Likely 1920s. In private collection in Ireland

Likely late1920s or early 30s.  Framed, approx. 30x45cm. This may well be the picture exhibited in the 1938 Bloomsbury Gallery exhibition, then known as "Finger Glasses, Etc.", when it was on sale for £15.15s.0d Now on sale 2025/26 @ £150

Likely 1920s.  May possibly be the picture ‘Stevedores’ which was exhibited with the London, Group 23rd Exhibition at the R.W.S. Gallery, Pall Mall in 1926 - but there is a better candidate (see 'Yarmouth Docks - Stevedores' above). This picture was in a private...

Likely 1930s.  Shows cottages at the rear of Cheyne Walk, Chelsea (London) This picture was in a private collection in London in 2003

Likely 1920s.  Painted at Marietta's London house This picture was in a private collection in Norfolk, but perished in a house fire in 2017

Likely 1920s. In private collection in Ireland

Painted at Long Gores, likely 1930s In private collection, Norfolk UK

Likely 1930s.  Shows the old LeGrice shop (now no longer extant) below the west end of the church at North Walsham, Norfolk. In private collection, Norfolk UK

1930s or 40s.  Painted in Long Gores cottage. In private collection in Cambridge

(Marco Pallis playing the Viola da Gamba) Charcoal. Likely mid-1920s. In private collection in Norfolk

An unframed watercolour from a small collection of flower pictures in a sketch album made in 1899 when Marietta would have been 17 years old.   This is available as a Christmas card

(an unfinished draft of ‘Hay Harvest at Long Gores’ above) In private collection in Norfolk

(See ‘Hay Harvest at Long Gores’ above) In private collection in Norfolk

Likely painted late-1920s. Long Gore Marsh was harvested for ‘Marsh Litter’ and used for grazing horses, until 1935.  This and similar paintings were made looking out from the garden of Long Gores cottage. (Also see the East Anglian Film Archive) Framed. ...

Interior of Long Gores Cottage, likely 1930s In private collection, Cambridge

Interior of Long Gores Cottage, likely 1920s In private collection, Australia

In the centre of Hickling village, opposite what used to be Brightmere Farm.  Someone who witnessed this picture being painted (in the 1940s?) said that Marietta was most annoyed when some farm horses were brought down to drink, and disturbed the floating...

1930s or 40s.  Painted in Long Gores cottage. In private collection in Cambridge