A Woman standing in the Doorway of a Cottage talking to Old Man by a Fence
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1800 - 1899
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
355 x 280 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290212
Summary
Oil painting on panel, A Woman standing in the Doorway of a Cottage talking to Old Man by a Fence, British (English) School, 19th century. The woman stands on the right-hand side of the picture looking out of her cottage door. She holds a candle, a stick and has a dog at her feet. Behind the house is a wood.
Provenance
Calke Abbey was given to the National Trust by Henry Harpur Crewe (1921-1991) and the contents, including this painting, were acquired with the aid of a grant from the National Heritage Fund, thanks to a special allocation of money from the Government, in 1984
Credit line
Calke Abbey, The Harpur Crewe Collection (acquired with the help of the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, publisher