A Farm Girl with Three Calves and 'Silky'
Henry Hetherington Emmerson (Chester-le-Street 1831 – Cullercoats 1895)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1877 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
675 x 800 mm
Place of origin
Northumberland
Order this imageCollection
Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1230458
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Farm Girl with Three Calves and 'Silky', by Henry Hetherington Emmerson (Chester-le-Street 1831 – Cullercoats 1895), signed and dated 1877. A farm girl, holding a basket, standing in a landscape with three calves and Lord Armstrong's dog Silky, a much-loved pet of the Armstrong family, who features in several paintings at Cragside.
Provenance
Purchased by the National Trust at auction from Anderson and Garland Ltd, Newcastle, in 2008.
Credit line
Cragside (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Henry Hetherington Emmerson (Chester-le-Street 1831 – Cullercoats 1895), artist