Frank Meadow Sutcliffe.
Sutcliffe, Frank, 1853-1941
Category
Books
Date
1979
Materials
Place of origin
Millerton, N.Y
Collection
Wightwick Manor, West Midlands
NT 3075746
Summary
Bibliographic description
93 p. : chiefly ill. ; 21 cm. Loose insert: typescript card caption label for Sutcliffe photograph 'Stern reality'; (p.79) scrap paper page marker. Provenance: not indigenous. Inscribed (faint): Stephen Ponder. Also inscribed "With best wishes, Michael Hiley, May 1982." Binding: publisher's pictorial paper on boards.
Provenance
Written by Stephen Ponder, volunteer at Wightwick Manor, 1976-2001: this book is by Michael Hiley. The inscription is from him, in his handwriting, to me (Stephen Ponder). I gave it to Wightwick in 1982. At that time I worked with Michael Hiley – we both taught at Leicester Polytechnic (now De Montfort University). I gave the book to Wightwick because it illustrated this image by Frank Meadow Sutcliffe, Stern Reality. In the early 1980s I worked with Monty Smith and members of Wolverhampton Young National Trust (now SSNTV) on restoring the servants rooms in the tower. As part of that we retrieved a lot of pictures and other items from the cellars. Among them was a print of Stern Reality in a moulded oak frame typical of many pictures at Wightwick from Theodore and Flora Mander’s collection. I recognised it, and showed it to Mike Hiley – he confirmed the identification. We put it on show in the tower for a time – that is why there is a typescript caption label with the book.
Makers and roles
Sutcliffe, Frank, 1853-1941