Study of a Goat
Henry Brittan Willis (Bristol 1810 - London 1884)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1856 (signed and dated)
Materials
Watercolour on paper
Measurements
254 x 229 mm (10 x 9 in)
Order this imageCollection
Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1230294
Summary
Watercolour on paper, Study of a Goat, by Henry Brittan Willis (Bristol 1810 - London 1884), initalled and dated 1856.
Provenance
Purchased by William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong of Cragside, from Christie's in 1873; 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).
Marks and inscriptions
Lower left: HBW 56
Makers and roles
Henry Brittan Willis (Bristol 1810 - London 1884), artist previously ascribed to H. B. Warren, artist
References
Armstrong c.1876, William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong of Cragside, undated manuscript list of pictures c.1876, no.74