A Small Boy standing at the Gate of a Ruined Cottage
Benjamin Williams Leader, RA (Worcester 1831 – Shere 1923)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1858 (signed and dated) - 1858
Materials
Oil on paper/artist's board?
Measurements
1232 x 1029 mm (48 1/2 x 40 1/2 in)
Place of origin
Worcester
Order this imageCollection
Greyfriars, Worcestershire
NT 443603
Summary
Oil painting on paper/artist's board, A Small Boy standing at a Cottage Gate by Benjamin Williams Leader RA, (Worcester 1831 – Shere 1923), signed bottom left B. W. LEADER. 1858. Chimney part burnt and 'for sale' sign showing Leader's name reads: "This valuable Freehold Property to be Let or Sold apply to B. W. Leader D[iwtie] House Worcs"
Provenance
Bequeathed by Malcolm John Matley Moore (1897-1982) and Florence Elsie Matley Moore, FSA (1900 - 1985) and given with Greyfriars to National Trust/Given with Greyfriars to National Trust from the Archaeological Society in 1966
Makers and roles
Benjamin Williams Leader, RA (Worcester 1831 – Shere 1923) , artist