'Lion', a Lyme Mastiff in the Entrance Hall at Lyme
John Trivett Nettleship (Kettering 1841 - London 1902)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1870 - 1902
Materials
Oil on canvas. Frame - gilt wood
Measurements
1264 x 2324 mm (49 3/4 x 91 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499983
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, 'Lion', a Lyme Mastiff in the Entrance Hall at Lyme by John Trivett Nettleship (1841-1902). A full-length, adult male Lyme mastiff, shown lying down, on a red and blue patterned Perian rug, turned to the right, wearing a leather collar. He lies in front of the fireplace in the Entrance Hall at Lyme with one of the Charles II brass andirons visible on the right, an armchair with green cushions on the left.
Provenance
Original to the house. Possibly 'A Lyme Mastiff' mentioned as hanging in the Grand Staircase in the 1879 inventory. Photographed in this location, circa 1910;
Credit line
Lyme Park, The Legh Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
John Trivett Nettleship (Kettering 1841 - London 1902), artist