Watercolour
R. Ponsonby Staples (b.1853)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
2 Sep 1920
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
Measurements
290 x 395 mm
Place of origin
Cookstown
Order this imageCollection
Wellbrook Beetling Mill, County Tyrone
NT 283302
Summary
A framed and glazed watercolour portrait (unmounted) of John E. Gunning by R. Ponsonby Staples, Lissan House. Dated September 2nd 1920. Gunnings and Leepers were relatives of each other and Mr. Gunning was head of John Gunning Weaving Company of Cookstown. Linen cloth was sent from this company to Wellbrook Mill to be beetled.
Marks and inscriptions
J.E. Gunning/R Ponsonby Staples/Lissan House/Sep 2.1920
Makers and roles
R. Ponsonby Staples (b.1853), artist