View of Baddesley Clinton from the North East
Rebecca Dulcibella Orpen (1829/30 - 1923)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1890
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
521 x 635 mm (20 1/2 x 25 in)
Place of origin
Baddesley Clinton (Warwickshire)
Order this imageCollection
Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire
NT 343174
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, View of Baddesley Clinton from the North East, by Rebecca Dulcibella Ferrers Orpen, later Mrs Edward Dering (1830-1923), inscribed and signed R.Dering, circa 1890. A view of the house from the banks of the moat with the house in the background. A path is seen in the immediate foreground with a bush at far left and tall trees in leaf at far right. The reflection of the house in the moat occupies the middleground and a small blue boat is moored on the water below the wall of the inner courtyard. The bridge leading to the gatehouse is seen to the left and the half-timbered wing of the house to the right. The house is set against a background of cloudy white sky.
Provenance
Presented to John Margetts of Warwick and returned to Baddesley Clinton in 1971; acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1980
Credit line
Baddesley Clinton, The Ferrers Collection (acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1980)
Makers and roles
Rebecca Dulcibella Orpen (1829/30 - 1923), publisher