View of a Castle, Town and River (possibly Warwick Castle and Coventry)
style of Thomas Christopher Hofland (Worksop 1777 – Leamington 1843)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1800 - 1869
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
370 x 560 mm
Place of origin
Warwickshire
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290286
Summary
Oil painting on panel, View of a Castle, Town and River (possibly Warwick Castle and Coventry), in the style of Thomas Christopher Hofland (Worksop 1777 – Leamington 1843). River scene with a town in the background. A girl with a pail, a man and two horses stand in the foreground, a sailing boat in the centre. The town has a fortified castle on a hill and several churches. Shown beneath a stormy sky.
Provenance
Acquired with Calke Abbey's contents, with the aid of a grant provided by the National Heritage Memorial Fund, thanks to a special allocation of money from the Government and transferred in lieu of tax on the estate of Charles Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1917 - 1981) to the National Trust with the house that was given by Henry Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1921- 1991), in 1984
Credit line
Calke Abbey, The Harpur Crewe Collection (acquired by the National Trust with the help of the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund in 1984)
Makers and roles
style of Thomas Christopher Hofland (Worksop 1777 – Leamington 1843), artist