Exwick House, Exeter
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1828
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
135 x 220 mm
Place of origin
Exeter
Order this imageCollection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 11572
Summary
Oil painting on panel, Exwick House, Exeter, British (English) School, 1828. A landscape with a manor house in rural setting. In ornate gold frame decorated with foliage design, under glass panel. On reverse hand written label 'At one time the property and residence of Antony Gibbs. 5th son of (unclear) Abraham. Gibbs. of Pytte. Clyst-S-George. and Great Grandfather of The Right Honourable Lord Wraxall of Clyst St George PC.
Provenance
Hyde Park Gallery; purchased by the National Trust from the estate of the late George Richard Lawley Gibbs, 2nd Lord Wraxall (1928 – 2001) with the assistance of the NHMF, Art Fund and donations from members and supporters in 2002
Credit line
Tyntesfield, The Gibbs Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: Rectangular label set in lower long side EXWICK HOUSE 1828. Verso: Label attached at bottom left of frame reading in handwritten script Exwick House / At one time the property and/residence of / Antony Gibbs 5th son of [illegible] Abraham Gibbs of / Pylte, Clyst-S-George, and great Grandfather of / The Right Honourable/Lord Wraxall, of Clyst St George / PC. ]. Verso: On wooden backing to picture, stamped in centre THE HYDE PARK GALLERY / 49 KNIGHTSBRIDGE S.W. / LATE 30 ST. GEORGE'S PLACE. Handwritten near top right of wooden backing THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD WRAXALL P. [illegible Verso: Handwritten below EXWICK HOUSE / 1828.
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist