Entrance to Henry 7th Chapel at Westminster Abbey
Emily Jane Wodehouse, Lady Newton (1826 - 1901)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1881
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Measurements
335 x 250 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499395
Summary
A study of the interior of Westminster Abbey; watercolour on paper. The abbey has a stone paved floor and a large stone column on the right at the entrance to another room. The room behind has two pointed archways at the top of a steep stone staircase with large doors open to other chambers. Carved figures and niches rise on the walls towards the ceiling. Mounted on a piece of paper.
Provenance
Lady Langford (née Legh) the daughter of the first Lord Newton, 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
[monogram] / 1881 / (signed in pencil bottom right)
Makers and roles
Emily Jane Wodehouse, Lady Newton (1826 - 1901), artist