Lot 686: Ernest Forbes RBA, British 1877-1962- ''Patrick Ha

Ernest Forbes RBA, British 1877-1962- ''Patrick Hastings''; ink and monochrome watercolour, signed and inscribed in pencil, 25.4x16.8cm, (may be subject to Droit de Suite) Note: Sir Patrick Hastings (1880-1952) served as one of Britain's leading trial attorneys from the Edwardian era until well into the 1940s. He first rose to prominence as a result of the Case of the Hooded Man in 1912 and had a number of successes soon after including Gruban v Booth in 1917. After a period spent as a Labour MP in the mid 1920s, Hastings returned to work as a barrister in 1926. Hastings also wrote plays and his ''The River'' was made into a silent film named ''The Notorious Lady'' starring Barbara Bedford in 1927.