Blue Vase with Flowers, 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
175 x 255 mm
Place of origin
Lyme Park
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499379.6
Summary
A study of a vase with flowers, painted at Lyme; watercolour on paper. A blue vase with wide base stands on a plain wooden surface against a grey background. The vase contains three white flowers.
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
Not finished - / The jar not correctly drawn - it does not stand even - the reflected light / on it to the right cannot be to strong / as positive light and the background/ is gathered into a thunder cloud too conveniently at the back of the flowers. / (black pen handwritten on back - art master's comments)
Makers and roles
Hon. Mabel Maud Legh, Baroness Langford of Summerhill (1863 - 1966), artist