The River Plym and Saltram Wood
William Tomkins (London c.1730 – London 1792)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1771 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1194 x 1803 mm (47 x 71 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 872238
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The River Plym and Saltram Wood by William Tomkins (London c.1730 – London 1792), signed and dated, bottom right: Wm Tomkins 1771. The view is looking downstream with Saltram Wood and the Amphitheatre on the left. The house and gardens lie behind.
Provenance
Commissioned by John Parker (1743/5 – 1788), Lord Boringdon and thence by descent; accepted by HM Treasury in part payment of death-duties from the executors of Edmund Robert Parker, 4th Earl of Morley (1877-1951) and transferred to the National Trust in 1957
Credit line
Saltram, The Morley Collection (accepted in lieu of tax by HM Government and transferred to the National Trust in 1957)
Makers and roles
William Tomkins (London c.1730 – London 1792), artist
References
Gore 1966: F. St John Gore, 'A Patron of Portrait and Landscape - the Picture Collection at Saltram House, Devon', Country Life, 2 June 1966, p.1388, p. 1388