The Orangery Terrace, Lyme Park, Cheshire
Hon. Mabel Maud Legh, Baroness Langford of Summerhill (1863 - 1966)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1897
Materials
Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
250 x 175 mm
Place of origin
Lyme Park
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499380.5
Summary
A view outside the Orangery terrace painted at Lyme; watercolour on paper. A view of the east side of Lyme with stone balustrade wall to the top, bay windows and balcony half way down. Extending from the building is a low wall lined with urns with red flowers, terminating in an iron gate. On the right hand side is a corner of the Orangery with roof cornice, niche in the wall and a path in front.
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
M.R. / 1897 / (signed in watercolour bottom left)
Makers and roles
Hon. Mabel Maud Legh, Baroness Langford of Summerhill (1863 - 1966), publisher