Mrs Barclay’s Pond, Harborne
Robert Ball (Birmingham 1918 - Painswick 2009)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1949 - 1953 (exh at RA)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
635 x 749 mm (25 x 29 1/2 in)
Place of origin
Warwickshire
Order this imageCollection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1221354
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Mrs Barclay’s Pond, Harborne by Robert Ball, signed lower right: Robert Ball, exhibited at the Royal Academy 1953.
Provenance
Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1953; purchased by Derek Keppel, Viscount Bury (1911 - 1968); by inheritance to his ex-wife Lady Mairi Elizabeth Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Viscountess Bury (1921-2009); accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the National Trust, 2013
Credit line
Mount Stewart, The Londonderry Collection (accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the National Trust, 2013)
Marks and inscriptions
Signed lower right.: On the back of the painting, in red pen: “Mrs Barclay’s Pond, Harborne” / painted by Robert Ball / Exhibited at the Royal Academy / Burlington House / London / 1953 / purchased by Lord Bury On the back of the painting, on a white label: 19 On the back of the frame, in chalk: 253
Makers and roles
Robert Ball (Birmingham 1918 - Painswick 2009) , artist