Logging
George Turner II (Cromford 1843 - Idridgehay, Derbyshire 1910)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1885 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
390 x 645 mm
Place of origin
Derbyshire
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290467
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Logging by George Turner II (Cromford 1843 - Idridgehay 1910), signed 'Geo Turner/85' [1885]. Landscape with timber fellers. Two cart-horses pulling a waggon loaded with tree trunks. The waggon stands in a clearing, some young fir trees to the right and two figures sawing a tree trunk to the left.
Provenance
Acquired with Calke Abbey's contents, with - 1981) to the National Trust 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 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)
Marks and inscriptions
Geo Turner/85 (on canvas)
Makers and roles
George Turner II (Cromford 1843 - Idridgehay, Derbyshire 1910), artist