A Mother and Child by a River, with Wild Roses
attributed to Mildred Anne Butler (Thomastown 1858 - Thomastown 1941)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1900 (monogrammed and dated) - 1989 (repainted)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1143 x 1524 mm (45 x 60 in)
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Killerton, Devon
NT 922287
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Mother and Child by a River, with Wild Roses, attributed to Mildred Anne Butler (Thomastown 1858 - Thomastown 1941), monogrammed ABM and dated 1900 and repainted by Tom Helme (b. 1940), a National Trust restoration adviser in 1989. Landscape with river stretching to the far horizon on the left, with green meadows on each bank and line of trees on the horizon on the right. In the front stretching from left to centre, are wild meadow flowers. In the centre is a small wall on which a child is standing behind a long branch of wild roses, the child has short curly golden hair, wears a blue dress and is barefoot. A woman on the right has her arm around the child and looks in profile to the left, she has brown hair and wears a pink, short-sleeved dress and a grey apron. Her left hand rests on a wooded fence. Original to house.
Provenance
Was on display in the restaurant when the house first opened in 1978. On display in one of the bedrooms, Efford, when St Luke's students were at Killerton 1962-1977
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed:: ABM 1900
Makers and roles
attributed to Mildred Anne Butler (Thomastown 1858 - Thomastown 1941), artist A. B. M., artist