A View of Lyme Hall from the North
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1700 - 1710
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1060 x 1935 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499948
Caption
The house was built in the 1570s, but was extensively reworked around 1676. This picture therefore provides an important record of the architectural features of Lyme, as they appeared in the late seventeenth century. In this view, dating from c.1710, the windows are still mullioned and transomed, suggesting that the sash windows which now adorn the north front must have been added at a later date.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas. A View of Lyme Hall from the North. British School, early 18th century (circa 1700-1710). A view of Lyme in its Elizabethan state. The House front is not symmetrical and the majority of the windows are mullioned, although the Yellow Bedroom sash windows are visible. The original Stag Parlour is also visible with its former double windows. The forecourt is walled rather than railed and the gate piers shown can now be found at the North Park entrance. To the left of the house are a parterre and fountain and a Bowling Green with pavilion. Lime Avenue is newly planted and terminates with a triumphal arch. Paddock cottage can be seen on the hill to the right. In the foreground figures are hunting a group of stag, which are running and swimming across a Stag Pond at the left of the painting.
Provenance
This painting, originally thought to have hung in the house, was recently purchased from Everilda Fleetwood-Hesketh, by the National Trust, with support from an anonymous benefactor and a grant of £15000 from the National Art Collections Fund, 1999
Marks and inscriptions
Painted in the bottom right corner: Lyme Houfe in Chefire
Makers and roles
British (English) School, publisher
References
Harris 1979 John Harris, The Artist and the Country House. A History of Country House and Garden View Painting in Britain 1540-1870, London 1979, no. 153