The Gallery at Wimpole Hall
William Bruce Ellis Ranken (Edinburgh 1881 – 1941)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1937 (signed and dated)
Materials
watercolour on paper
Measurements
570 x 790 mm
Order this imageCollection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 207852
Summary
Watercolour on paper, The Gallery at Wimpole Hall, by William Bruce Ellis Ranken (1881-1941), 1937.
Provenance
Part of the Bambridge Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1976 by Mrs Elsie Bambridge (1896-1976)
Marks and inscriptions
Lower right: WBER 1937 On the reverse: Typed label of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, 195 Piccadilly, London, W1, with the title of the picture written by hand as "The Drawing room / Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire", and below, the artist's name and address written by hand as "W B E Ranken / 14 Cheltenham Terrace"
Makers and roles
William Bruce Ellis Ranken (Edinburgh 1881 – 1941), artist
References
Adshead 2007: David Adshead, Wimpole Architectural drawings and topographical views, The National Trust, 2007, p.134, no. 308