Children gathered outside a Village Cottage
Alfred Montague (1832 - 1883)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1850 - 1883
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
510 x 660 mm
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290398
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Children gathered outside a Village Cottage by Alfred Montague (1832 - 1883), signed and indistinctly dated. A group of children stand outside a small thatched cottage amongst trees on the left of the painting. On the right in the distance is the village street.
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 and dated (date indistinct)
Makers and roles
Alfred Montague (1832 - 1883), artist