'King's Messenger' held by a Groom
Cuthbert Bradley (Lincolnshire 1861 - 1943)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1901
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
628 x 742 mm
Order this imageCollection
Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 1420386
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, 'King's Messenger' held by a Groom by Cuthbert Bradley (Lincolnshire 1861 - 1943), dated 1901. Chestnut horse in exterior landscape held by groom on left.
Provenance
By descent to Hugh, 4th Baron Penrhyn (1894 – 1949), who left Penryhn and its estates to his niece, Lady Janet Marcia Rose Pelham (1923 - 1997), who with her husband John Charles Harper, thereupon assumed the name of Douglas-Pennant, and in 1951 made over the castle and part of its contents in lieu of death-duties to HM Treasury (from the estate of Hugh Napier Douglas Pennant, 4th Baron Penrhyn of Llangedai (1894 – 1949), who transferred them to the National Trust
Credit line
Penrhyn Castle, The Douglas Pennant Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: 'Bishop and Sons Depository'/ Lady J.Harperight (tie-on label on frame)
Makers and roles
Cuthbert Bradley (Lincolnshire 1861 - 1943), artist