From Ascot Wood Cottage, July 1892
Hon. Mabel Maud Legh, Baroness Langford of Summerhill (1863 - 1966)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1892
Materials
Watercolour on paper
Measurements
35 x 250 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499405.2
Summary
Watercolour on paper, From Ascot Wood Cottage, July 1892 by The Hon. Mabel Maud Legh, Lady Langford (1863-1966). One of a set of studies within a bound leather folio. Study of a garden scene with a lawn in the foreground and a tree to the left with a bench underneath and a seated lady. Bushes in the background and hills in the far distance. Mounted on the second 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
From [a]sort wood Cottage, July 1892 / (handwritten pencil inscription underneath image)
Makers and roles
Hon. Mabel Maud Legh, Baroness Langford of Summerhill (1863 - 1966), artist