The Orangery Terrace Garden and Lantern Wood, 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
140 x 110 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499381.7
Summary
A study of the Orangery terrace garden and lantern wood at Lyme; watercolour on paper. A garden with sections of lawn separated by paths and lined with six baluster-shaped urns filled with red flowers. Above the lawn a bank rises lined with trees and in the background the top of the lantern folly is visible at lantern wood. Mounted on a piece of card.
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.
Makers and roles
Hon. Mabel Maud Legh, Baroness Langford of Summerhill (1863 - 1966), publisher