A Chestnut Thoroughbred called 'Enterprise'
Frances Mabel Hollams, Mrs Charles Lionel Fox (1877 – 1963)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1897 - 1963
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
240 x 320 mm
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290297
Summary
Oil painting on panel, Chestnut Thoroughbred called 'Enterprise' by Frances Mabel Hollams, Mrs Charles Lionel Fox (1877 – 1963). Head and neck portrait of chestnut thoroughbred wearing a bridle. Inscribed 'Enterprise'/ F.M.H.'.
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
Enterprise/F.M.H. (inscribed)
Makers and roles
Frances Mabel Hollams, Mrs Charles Lionel Fox (1877 – 1963) , artist