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View of Egdon Heath from the Crest of Clouds Hill looking North

Gilbert Spencer, RA (Cookham 1893 – 1979)
National Trust Inventory Number 628438

Category	Paintings
Date	1925 (?) (signed and dated)
Materials	Oil on canvas
Measurements	584 x 635 mm (23 x 25 in)
Place of origin

Collection	Clouds Hill, Dorset (Accredited Museum)
On show at	Clouds Hill, Dorset, South West, National Trust

Younger brother of Stanley Spencer, Gilbert’s painting is built into the panelling above the window.

Summary description

Oil painting on canvas, View of Egdon Heath from the Crest of Clouds Hill looking North by Gilbert Spencer, RA (Cookham 1893 – 1979), signed and dated bottom right 192 ?5. Spencer stayed in the cottage in July 1925.

Provenance

Given to the National Trust with the house by Mr A. W. Lawrence, as a memorial to his brother, in 1938

Credit line

Clouds Hill, The Lawrence Collection (The National Trust)

Makers and roles

Gilbert Spencer, RA (Cookham 1893 – 1979), artist

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Record Status

Enhanced