Sketch for The Excavation of the Manchester Ship Canal: Eastham Cutting with Mount Manisty in the distance
Benjamin Williams Leader, RA (Worcester 1831 – Shere 1923)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1891
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
394 x 597 mm (15 1/2 x 23 1/2 in)
Place of origin
Cheshire
Order this imageCollection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1298236
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Small Sketch for the Excavation of the Manchester Ship Canal: Eastham Cutting with Mount Manisty in the distance by Benjamin Williams Leader RA (Worcester 1831 – Shere 1923), circa 1891. It depicts a view of the ship canal during construction which was designed by the artist's engineer brother, Edward Leader Williams (1828 - 1910)
Provenance
One of two sketches of the painting commissioned by Wilbraham Egerton, 2nd Baron and 1st Earl Egerton of Tatton (1832 - 1909) for £600 bought by Maurice Egerton, 4th Baron Egerton of Tatton (1874 - 1958), after Leader's widow's sale, Christie's 8 April 1927, lots 59 (bought Sampson for 17gns) and 51 (bought in at 22 gns); by whom bequeathed to the National Trust with the house, gardens and contents of Tatton Park
Credit line
Tatton Park, The Egerton Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Benjamin Williams Leader, RA (Worcester 1831 – Shere 1923) , artist
References
Laing 2000: Alastair Laing, In Trust for the Nation: Paintings from National Trust Houses (exh. cat.), The National Gallery, London, 22 November 1995 - 10 March 1996, p.96, fig. 15