A Winter Landscape
Henry Hetherington Emmerson (Chester-le-Street 1831 – Cullercoats 1895)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1875 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
600 x 900 mm
Place of origin
Northumberland
Order this imageCollection
Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1230253
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Winter Landscape, by Henry Hetherington Emmerson (Chester-le-Street 1831 – Cullercoats 1895), signed and dated, bottom left: H H Emmerson 1875. A shepherd and his wife, mounted on one grey horse, slowly drive a flock of sheep down a snow-covered track through a snowy landscape, assisted by their dog.
Provenance
Presumably acquired by Sir William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong of Cragside (1810-1900); thence by descent; 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).
Credit line
Cragside, The Armstrong Collection (acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1977)
Marks and inscriptions
Bottom left: H. H. Emmerson / 1875
Makers and roles
Henry Hetherington Emmerson (Chester-le-Street 1831 – Cullercoats 1895), artist