Coaches attacked by Brigands on a Spanish Road
Charles Cooper Henderson (Chertsey 1803 – Lower Halliford 1877)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1825 - 1877
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
510 x 740 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290247
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Coaches attacked by Brigands on a Spanish Road, by Charles Cooper Henderson (Chertsey 1803 – Lower Halliford 1877), signed with a monogram. The black and yellow coach in the centre, travelling on a dusty to the left, is surrounded by three men on horseback. In the distance is a building and a bridge, where another coach is surrounded by horses. Distant horizon with cloudy sky.
Provenance
Acquired with Calke Abbey's contents, with the aid of a grant provided by the National Heritage Memorial Fund, thanks to a special allocation of money from the Government and transferred in lieu of tax on the estate of Charles Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1917 - 1981) to the National Trust with the house that was given by Henry Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1921- 1991), in 1984
Credit line
Calke Abbey, The Harpur Crewe Collection (acquired by the National Trust with the help of the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund in 1984)
Marks and inscriptions
signed with a mongram
Makers and roles
Charles Cooper Henderson (Chertsey 1803 – Lower Halliford 1877), artist