Knitting
William Harris Weatherhead (London 1843 - 1903)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1874
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
648 x 546 mm (25 1/2 x 21 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Castle Ward, County Down
NT 836228
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Knitting by William Harris Weatherhead (London 1843 - 1903), 1874. The scene shows a woman leaning against a sideboard in a rustic cottage with red tiled floor, knitting in blue wool. The woman wears a brown skirt, white apron and brown cardigan with a red scarf.
Provenance
Purchased from Edward Ward, 7th Viscount Bangor (1903 – 1993), in 1967, with a grant from the Ulster Land Fund
Credit line
Castle Ward, The Bangor Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
W.H.W. / 1874. (signed on lower right corner)
Makers and roles
William Harris Weatherhead (London 1843 - 1903), artist