A Farmstead among Trees
Alfred Vickers (Newington 1786 – London 1868)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1848 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
639 x 942 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 21151
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Farmstead among Trees by Alfred Vickers (Newington 1786 – London 1868), signed and dated, lower left: A.Vickers 1848. A view of a farmstead amongst trees with figures of cows, sheep and farmworkers. Inventory Vol1 Part1 describes it as Sandown, Isle of Wight.
Provenance
Sotheby's, George William Gibbs, purchased from Christie's, 18th February 1911 for 89.15 gns through Vickers Brokers (£31.10s), Christie's suggest with Frost and Reed, formerly hanging in London, purchased by the National Trust from the estate of the late George Richard Lawley Gibbs, 2nd Baron Wraxall (1928 – 2001) with the assistance of the NHMF, Art Fund and donations from members and supporters in 2002
Credit line
Tyntesfield, The Gibbs Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Alfred Vickers (Newington 1786 – London 1868), publisher