A Bird Ornament tied with a Blue Ribbon, Lyme Park, Cheshire
Hon. Mabel Maud Legh, Baroness Langford of Summerhill (1863 - 1966)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1880 - 1910
Materials
Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
250 x 175 mm
Place of origin
Lyme Park
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499379.5
Summary
A study of an ornament painted at Lyme; watercolour on paper. The ornament consists of a preserved bird with wings fully extended, perched on top of a wooden peg with a pointed bottom and ball to the top. The bird has black, white and brown feathers and hangs on a gold peg from a tied blue ribbon.
Provenance
Lady Langford lived with Mrs Packer in her later years after they became friends when Mrs Packer managed a hotel for her. When Lady Langford died, she bequeathed some of her possessions to Mrs Packer. Mrs Packer gave the items to Lyme at various times but the information was not recorded properly at the time. Confirmed dates of arrival at Lyme are 1992, 1995 and 1999, but for some of the items, it is unclear which date they arrived.
Marks and inscriptions
It is difficult to critisize a stuffed bird / but it could hardly have had but one / eye. the other if waiting should have / been supplied, for tho' in shadow it / might be indicated - The head seems / large - but there is a nice feeling of softness about the feathers. The / ribbon is untidy about the edges. / Marked 2. / (black pen handwritten on back - art master's comments)
Makers and roles
Hon. Mabel Maud Legh, Baroness Langford of Summerhill (1863 - 1966), artist