Hints

Clue 1: “under 40 cm wide” is about width, the second number in the size (height × width).

Clue 4: a painting Hester “never let go” was never sold, so the list says it was sold by “the estate”. Clue 5: the last two years of the war are 1944 and 1945.

After clues 1 to 3 you should have 33 paintings left; after clue 5, 7.

Clue 1: “her last two years at the School” means two years. Hester’s life, on the reference page, says when she was at Glasgow.

Clue 2: the painting shows a person, so its title names one: a woman, a girl, a model or Hester herself. Clue 4: “Mr Carrick has a buyer” tells you who first sold it.

After clue 3 you should have 9 left; after clue 5, 3.

Clue 4: Hester’s life, on the reference page, says when Isobel became her student.

Clue 6: the list says who first sold each painting. Look for “private, Fife”.

After clue 4 you should have 137 left; after clue 6, 2.

Clue 4: Hester reused titles. Match each stock book line by title, year and size, and keep only those marked “returned to artist”.

Clue 5: “a person” means the title names one. Clue 7: 45 cm is the width, the second number.

After clue 3 you should have 95 left; after clue 4, 16; after clue 6, 2.

Clue 2: “to go with the others” means it went where the others went. Who first sold it?

Clue 4: Hester’s life, on the reference page, says how she signed from the year she started teaching. Clue 6: the paints page says when Cryla first went on sale, so the postmark leaves two possible years.

After clue 3 you should have 92 left; after clue 5, 22; after clue 7, 3.