signed with monogram, dated '1916' (lower right), with indistinct inscription 'The Mill Cottage, Harlech / (Tempera) / (12 12 0) / by JOSEPH SOUTHALL / Birmingham' (on the backboard) and further inscribed 'To J. Knewstub from / June 1922 / To commemorate / exhibition 1922' (on the artist's typed label attached to the backboard)