Cragside
General Sir John Miller Adye, KCB, GCB (Sevenoaks 1819 - Rothbury 1900)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1892
Materials
Watercolour on paper
Measurements
170 x 245 mm; 375 mm (Height); 445 mm (Width)
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Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1230240
Summary
Watercolour on paper, Cragside, by General Sir John Miller Adye (Sevenoaks 1819 – Rothbury 1900), initialled J. A. and dated 1892. A distant view of Cragside from the moor.
Provenance
Armstrong collection. Transferred by the Treasury to The National Trust in 1977 via the National Land Fund, aided by 3rd Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside (1919 - 1987).
Marks and inscriptions
Bottom right: J. A. Bottom right: Cragside / 1892 Mount: Cragside / GENERAL SIR JOHN ADYE, G. C. B. On the reverse of the frame: label of the University of Northumbria, recording treatment in situ in 2004 Printed label on the reverse of the frame: MAWSON, SWAN & MORGAN / LIMITED / PICTURE FRAME MAKERS. / FINE ART DEALERS / AND / PRINTSELLERS / GRAINGER STREET / NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE Written in ink on a label on the reverse of the frame: : 743 / 26.4.61
Makers and roles
General Sir John Miller Adye, KCB, GCB (Sevenoaks 1819 - Rothbury 1900), artist