The Servants' New Year's Eve Ball in the Entrance Hall at Lyme Park
Hon. Phyllis Elinor Legh (1895 - 1986)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1906
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
362 x 495 mm (14 1/4 x 19 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 500017
Caption
This is a beautiful oil painting by the Hon. Phyllis Legh. Painted when she was 13 years old, it depicts a New Years Eve Servant's Ball which took place in the Entrance Hall during the Edwardian era.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Servants' New Year's Eve Ball in the Entrance Hall at Lyme Park, by the Hon. Phyllis Elinor Legh, Mrs Henry Gerard Sandeman (1895-1986), circa 1906.Two pillars in the foreground frame the scene, with three female and two male figures to the left near the fireplace, in the centre a large group of figures and musicians, with large chandelier above, and to the far right a single female. The colours are bright with yellows and yellow greens, blues and pinks predominating.
Provenance
Gift from Mrs Colville, 1986
Marks and inscriptions
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Makers and roles
Hon. Phyllis Elinor Legh (1895 - 1986), artist