Interior of the Barn Theatre, Smallhythe Place with Edith Ailsa Craig (1869-1947), Charles Staite and Irene Cooper Willis
Clare 'Tony' Atwood (Richmond 1866 - Tenterden 1962)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1939 (dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
916 x 710 mm
Place of origin
Smallhythe
Order this imageCollection
Smallhythe Place, Kent
NT 1118237
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Interior of the Barn Theatre, Smallhythe Place with Edith Ailsa Craig (1869 - 1947), Charles Staite and Irene Cooper Willis by Clare 'Tony' Atwood (Richmond 1866 - Tenterden 1962), 1939. Three figures in the barn theatre at Smallhythe Place lit from the left. A green stage curtain at left, a further patterned curtain being hung and a small white prescenium with ironic columns and rough beams overhead. Edith 'Edy' Craig seated on the stage with a work basket, Charles Staite on ladder and Miss Irene Cooper-Willis, Edy's solicitor, the foremost figure writing at the edge of the stage.
Provenance
acquired with Smallhythe Place by National Trust in 1939
Marks and inscriptions
CLARE ATWOOD. 1939 (signed and dated on front)
Makers and roles
Clare 'Tony' Atwood (Richmond 1866 - Tenterden 1962), artist
