Gardens of the Great Mughals
Constance Mary Fielden Villiers-Stuart (1877-1966)
Category
Books
Date
1913
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chartwell, Kent
NT 3133508
Summary
Historic Indian gardens Book gifted by: Frances Welby Book Inscription Signature: F. Welby Book Inscription: To Lady Randolph Churchill. From F. Welby. Xmas 1913 Date of Inscription: Circa Dec 1913
Full description
**The Inscribed Books Collection, to which this book belongs, consists of gift inscriptions on third party books given to Sir Winston Churchill from friends, family, and well-wishers, unsolicited presentation copies of books by strangers, as well as presentation copies from authors who were genuine friends and colleagues. After his death in January 1965, Churchill personally bequeathed the collection via his Will as a testament to his national and international achievements. 'Gardens of the Great Mughals' by Constance Mary Felden Villiers-Stuart by A & Black in 1913. The book concerns historic gardens of India. Villiers-Stuart was an English author and water-colour painter. She studied painting in Paris and then moved to India with her husband Major Patrick Villiers-Stuart whose father had undertaken surveys of Egyptian antiquities. She was a Fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society and the Institute of Landscape Architects. Her interest in Mughal gardens was stimulated by the debate about how New Delhi should be planned.
Bibliographic description
xvii,290p. . ill.. . 23cm.. Shelflist entry - state unknown. Provenance: Inscribed "To Lady Randolph Churchill/ From F. Welby/ Xmas 1913. [i.e. Lady Randolph Churchill (1854-1921)]".
Provenance
The book was gifted to Churchill's mother by her friend, Frances Welby. Welby inscribed this copy with his signature as well as a message, dated Christmas 1913, which reads: "To Lady Randoplh Churchill from F. Welby" In December 1913 Churchill was First Lord of the Admiralty in Herbert Asquith's Liberal Government. In the Churchill Archives is a letter of condolence from Welby in the wake of Lady Randolph's death in 1921.
Makers and roles
Constance Mary Fielden Villiers-Stuart (1877-1966)