Warriors resting beneath a Tree ('Remember that you have sat with the Emperor of Britain and Gaul'; Puck of Pook's Hill)
Jean André Castaigne (fl.1885 - 1900)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1906 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on board
Measurements
775 x 530 mm
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Bateman's, East Sussex
NT 761405
Summary
Oil painting on board, Warriors resting beneath a Tree ('Remember that you have sat with the Emperor of Britain and Gaul'; Puck of Pook's Hill) by Jean Andre Castaigne (Angoulême, Charente 1861 - Paris1929), signed and dated: A. Castaigne 1906. Roman figures in a gilt frame. Inscribed "au grand ecrivain, Rudyard Kipling, souvenir respectueux". Together with a framed letter to Rudyard Kipling from the painter (See Ref. Man/5).
Provenance
Bequeathed by Caroline Starr Balestier, Mrs Rudyard Kipling (1862-1939) with house (Bateman's) and contents
Credit line
Bateman’s, The Rudyard Kipling Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
"Au grand ecrivain, Rudyard Kipling, souvenir respectueux" and dated 1906
Makers and roles
Jean André Castaigne (fl.1885 - 1900), artist