The three eldest children of Edward Benthall and Clementina Marshall - Clement E. Benthall (1841-1873), Ernest Benthall (1843-1928) and Edith Benthall, later Mrs William Henry Benthall (1845-1932)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1900
Materials
Paper, watercolour paint, oak and glass
Measurements
470 x 420 x 45 mm
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Benthall Hall, Shropshire
NT 509632
Summary
Watercolour on paper, The three eldest children of Edward Benthall and Clementina Marshall - Clement E. Benthall (1841-1873), Ernest Benthall (1843-1928) and Edith Benthall, later Mrs William Henry Benthall (1845-1932). Group portrait of the three eldest children of Edward and Clementina. Central half-length figure of a young girl in a pale pink dress, her left hand on shoulder of small sketchy child to the right; a boy in blue on the left. 1900 (circa).
Provenance
Painted circa 1900. Owned by Mary Clementina Benthall (1879-1960) and recorded in the 1957 list of pictures, furniture etc suggested for retention at Benthall Hall by the National Trust. Transferred to the ownership of the National Trust with the contents of Benthall Hall in the Deed Of Gift made by Mary Clementina Benthall and dated 8th August 1958. Recorded in the Inventory Of National Trust Property At Benthall Hall dated 1st October 1963.