The Saloon Window with 1680's chair, Lyme Park, Cheshire
Sybil Dulcibella Jane Legh (1859 - 1960)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1898
Materials
Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
235 x 170 mm
Place of origin
Lyme Park
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499385.5
Summary
A watercolour of a window hung with red curtains, possibly in the library, with a carved and giltwood console table on the left and a 1680s chair to the right; painted and signed by Dulcibella (Sybil) Legh, 1898. En suite with five other watercolours of Lyme Hall interior views; all displayed in a black resin triptych frame.
Provenance
Original to the House. Painted by Dulcibella Legh (1859-1960), the eldest daughter of the First Lord Newton.
Marks and inscriptions
S. Legh / 1898 (signed in brown watercolour to centre bottom)
Makers and roles
Sybil Dulcibella Jane Legh (1859 - 1960), artist