Lord Anson's Hunt at a Meet near Ather Stone
William Webb (Tamworth 1790 - Melton Mowbray 1856)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1827
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1511 x 2273 mm (59 1/2 x 89 1/2 in)
Order this imageCollection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 1271041
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Lord Anson's Hunt at a Meet near Atherstone by William Webb (Tamworth 1780 - 1856), 1827. Hunt scene near Atherstone looking towards Leicestershire, Barden Hill, Mancetter Church and Spire of Witherby Church in distance. Present are Earl Howe, Lord Alvanley, J.Newdigate, D.S.Dugdale, C.B.Boultbee, Lord Anson later 1st Earl of Litchfield, the Hon.Henry Anson, W.Applewhaite, J.G.Norbury, the Hon.George Anson and William Coke. Companion to NT 127040.
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust with Shugborough’s park and contents of the state rooms, in part-payment of death-duties to the Treasury, following the death of Thomas, 4th Earl of Lichfield (1883 - 1960)
Credit line
Shugborough, The Anson Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
1827 (signed and dated)
Makers and roles
William Webb (Tamworth 1790 - Melton Mowbray 1856), artist