Sir William George Armstrong , 1st Baron Armstrong of Cragside (1810-1900)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper, Walnut
Measurements
500 x 300 mm; 655 mm (Height); 460 mm (Width)
Order this imageCollection
Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1230793
Caption
Lord Armstrong sat in Bamburgh Castle with his Wimshurst Machine showing his love of electricity.
Summary
Print, Sir William George Armstrong , 1st Baron Armstrong of Cragside (1810-1900). Portrait, painted at Bamburgh, of Sir William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong of Cragside dressed in a fur-collared gown and seated beside a table on which stands the Wimshurst machine. Damage body fixed on paper.
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).