Basildon Park from the West
Gilbert Spencer, RA (Cookham 1893 – 1979)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1959 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
603 x 705 mm (23 3/4 x 27 3/4 in)
Place of origin
Upper Basildon
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Basildon Park, Berkshire
NT 266421
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Basildon Park from the West by Gilbert Spencer, RA (Cookham 1892-1979), signed, bottom right: 'Gilbert Spencer/ 1959' . A distant view of the front of the house from across the park. A sun-filled image with mature trees in the park in full leaf and shadows cast across the bleached grass in the foreground. Sloping green hills rise up behind the house in the distance. During his later years, Gilbert Spencer moved from London to live at Tree Cottage in the village of Upper Basildon, close to the Basildon Park estate. He was a friend of Edward Langton Iliffe, 2nd Baron Iliffe (1908-1996), the last owner of Basildon Park.
Provenance
On loan from the Trustees of the Iliffe Estate; accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the National Trust for display at Basildon Park, 2010
Credit line
Basildon Park, The Iliffe Collection (accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the National Trust in 2010)
Marks and inscriptions
Signed 'Gilbert Spencer/ 1959' bottom right
Makers and roles
Gilbert Spencer, RA (Cookham 1893 – 1979), artist