Fountain on Vieux August 1891
Hon. Mabel Maud Legh, Baroness Langford of Summerhill (1863 - 1966)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1891
Materials
Leather, Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
35 x 250 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499405.11
Summary
One of a set of studies within a bound leather folio; watercolour on paper. Study of a street scene with a fountain in the foreground and a lady in a blue dress with a white cap stands beside it. Two buildings in the background, one painted yellow to the left and one white building to the right with a tiled roof. Mounted on the eleventh page within the folio.
Provenance
Lady Langford (nee Mabel Legh) (1863-1966) was the daughter of the First Lord Newton of Lyme. She 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
Fountain on Vieux August / [a]ug. 1891 / (handwritten pencil inscription underneath image)
Makers and roles
Hon. Mabel Maud Legh, Baroness Langford of Summerhill (1863 - 1966), artist