Silky, or 'Waiting for Orders'
Henry Hetherington Emmerson (Chester-le-Street 1831 – Cullercoats 1895)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1874 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
510 x 1030 mm; 680 mm (Height); 1200 mm (Width)
Place of origin
Northumberland
Order this imageCollection
Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1230257
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Silky, or 'Waiting for Orders', by Henry Hetherington Emmerson (Chester-le-Street 1831 – Cullercoats 1895), signed and dated, bottom left: H H Emmerson 1874. A portrait of a dog, Lord Armstrong's favourite Border Collie, lying on a stony hillside, its head down in an alert position.
Provenance
Purchased by William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong of Cragside (1810-1900) from the artist, for 75 guineas, circa 1875 (recorded in the 2nd Lord Armstrong's inventory of heirlooms of around 1900); thence by descent; transferred by the Treasury to The National Trust in 1977 via the National Land Fund, aided by 3rd Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside (1919 - 1987).
Credit line
Cragside, The Armstrong Collection (acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1977)
Marks and inscriptions
Bottom left: H. H. Emmerson 1874
Makers and roles
Henry Hetherington Emmerson (Chester-le-Street 1831 – Cullercoats 1895), artist