Scottish Highlands with a Drove of Cattle
Henry Brittan Willis (Bristol 1810 - London 1884)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1864 (signed and dated)
Materials
Watercolour on paper
Measurements
197 x 343 mm (7 3/4 x 13 1/2 in)
Order this imageCollection
Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1230368
Summary
Watercolour on paper, Scottish Highlands with a Drove of Cattle, by Henry Brittan Willis (Bristol 1810 - London 1884), signed and dated 1864.
Provenance
Collection of Lord Dunmore; purchased by William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong (1810-1900) from Christie's; 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
Bottom right : H. B. Willis '64 On the mount: "Scottish Highlands" / H. B. WILLIS
Makers and roles
Henry Brittan Willis (Bristol 1810 - London 1884), artist
References
Armstrong c.1876, William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong of Cragside, undated manuscript list of pictures c.1876, no.22