Plas Newydd, 1939
Rex Whistler (Eltham 1905 - Normandy 1944)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1939 (unfinished)
Materials
Oil on board
Measurements
394 x 495 mm (15 1/2 x 19 1/2 in)
Place of origin
Plas Newydd
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Plas Newydd, Anglesey
NT 1175988
Caption
An oil painting of Plas Newydd by Rex Whistler. The painting depicts the 7th Marquess riding his bicycle as a boy, and the artist himself Rex Whistler in the foreground.
Summary
Oil painting on board, Plas Newydd, 1939 by Rex (Reginald John) Whistler (Eltham 1905 - Normandy 1944), 1939 (unfinished) The view of the entrance front of Plas Newydd with the artist in the foreground and the 7th Marquess riding his bicycle on the path; an Austin car is parked in front of the wall, perpendicular to the house, designed by Whistler himself and built in the 1930s.
Credit line
Plas Newydd, The Collection of the Marquess of Anglesey (on long-term loan to the National Trust)
Makers and roles
Rex Whistler (Eltham 1905 - Normandy 1944) , artist