Convent at Taormina, Sicily, March 1889
Hon. Mabel Maud Legh, Baroness Langford of Summerhill (1863 - 1966)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1889
Materials
Watercolour on paper
Measurements
35 x 250 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499405.13
Summary
Watercolour on paper, Convent at Taormina, Sicily, March 1889 by The Hon. Mabel Maud Legh, Lady Langford (1863-1966). One of a set of studies within a bound leather folio. Study of a landscape with a hill rising in the foreground lined with trees. Mountain in the background with a large building at the summit with a tower and a path leading up to it. Mounted on the thirteenth 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
Convent at Tarmine(?), March 1889. / (handwritten pencil inscription underneath image)
Makers and roles
Hon. Mabel Maud Legh, Baroness Langford of Summerhill (1863 - 1966), artist