Untitled
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
Collection
Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 3087256.2
Summary
Newspaper cutting kept in the book ' Narrow Boat'. Photograph of a gentleman at the back of a narrow boat painting decorative panels on the doors. Underneath the caption reads; 'THE BARGE PAINTER - Mr. Frank Jones who specializes in barge decoration, at his peace-time work on the Grand Junction Canal at Leighton Buzzard. Cabins and rails are lavishly decorated with flowers and landscapes.
Provenance
Straw collection bequeathed contents of the house to The National Trust on the death in 1990 of William Straw.