Taking Home the Yule Log in Severe Weather (Château de Huplandre, Route de St Omer, près Boulogne sur Mer)
Richard Beavis (Exmouth 1824 - 1896)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1866 (signed and dated)
Materials
Watercolour heightened with white on paper
Measurements
405 x 610 mm
Place of origin
Boulogne-sur-Mer
Order this imageCollection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 11726
Caption
Nowadays we associate Yule Logs with chocolate log shaped cakes eaten at Christmas. The term actually comes from the tradition of burning a very large and extremely hard log in the hearth as part of the Christmas celebrations. Therefore the task of bringing home the Yule Log could be a very difficult one, as seen in this picture.
Summary
Watercolour heightened with white on paper, Taking Home the Yule Log in Severe Weather (Château de Huplandre, Route de St Omer, près Boulogne sur Mer) by Richard Beavis (Exmouth 1824 - 1896), signed and dated, lower left, R. Beavis 1866. Artist's name inscribed on label attached to base of frame. Two labels on reverse. First handwritten - Taking home the Christmas log / Severe Weather / by R.Beavis. Second handwritten - Château de Huplandre / Route de St Omer / près Boulogne sur Mer. Gilt wooden frame.
Provenance
Purchased by the National Trust from the estate of the late George Richard Lawley Gibbs, 2nd Baron Wraxall (1928 – 2001) with the assistance of the NHMF, Art Fund and donations from members and supporters in 2002
Credit line
Tyntesfield, The Gibbs Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Richard Beavis (Exmouth 1824 - 1896), artist