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Permalink Reply by Jim McFiver on November 16, 2021 at 5:33pm

Never heard of or seen it before. (And that's puzzling, as I've been a devoted fan since 1963.)

It needs further authoritative & extensive research - or it's a fugazi (fake).

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Permalink Reply by fab432 on November 16, 2021 at 5:58pm

I’m with you.  I also have been a fan for a long time and have never seen or heard of this artwork until now.  Agree more research is required.  What do you think of the signature?

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Permalink Reply by Mark Saunders on November 16, 2021 at 7:14pm

Signature is not real. 

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Permalink Reply by Jim McFiver on November 17, 2021 at 4:10pm

I've seen George's early signature. That isn't it.

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Permalink Reply by Stepeanut on November 17, 2021 at 2:30am

This is where some local knowledge comes in handy!

The view is of Stockport Market Place, from Castle Yard.  I know because Stockport is my hometown and the view is largely unchanged in 2021.

What would George Harrison be doing in Stockport as a schoolboy?  It is 40 miles from Liverpool.  A trip of that nature would have been highly unusual, and not cheap, for a working class family in the 1950s.

My guess is that this print was made by a local Stockport artist — perhaps even called George Harrison, but certainly sharing the initials GH — and some chancer has decided to pass it off as the work of a proto-Beatle.  Finding proof of the real artist may be difficult, but I’ll do a little research and check back in if I find anything.

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Permalink Reply by fab432 on November 17, 2021 at 5:20am

Excellent and thanks for the information.  You may be close to the truth on this one. I would have thought that after 50 years of collecting I and others would have seen or know about artwork done by George especially if it was a print of said artwork.

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