View of the Grounds at Ashridge, Hertfordshire
Edmund Marriner Gill (1820 - 1894)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1854 (initialed and dated)
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
365 x 570 mm
Place of origin
Ashridge
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 515548
Summary
Oil painting on panel, View of the Grounds at Ashridge, Hertfordshire by Edmund Marriner Gill (Clerkenwell 1820 – Carshalton 1894), initialed E. M. G. 1854. Landscape, large tree on the right, three figures below on the left of it, two women seated and a man standing, strip of woodland across middle distance, extensive view over countryside with hills at the far left, and a wooded hill on the middle right; blue sky and clouds.The house at Ashridge Park in Hertfordshire, was originally a monastery for twenty Bonhommes who came over from Normandy, it was later made into a home for the children of Henry VIII. Elizabeth was arrested here on the order of her sister Mary. In the following centuries, the place was allowed to decay, but in 1808 the 7th Earl of Bridgewater commissioned Wyatt to rebuilt it. The Ashridge estate is owned by the National Trust “This magnificent and varied estate runs across the borders of Herts and Bucks, along the main ridge of the Chiltern Hills. There are 2,000 hectares of woodlands, commons and chalk downland supporting a rich variety of wildlife and offering splendid walks through outstanding scenery.” Gilt frame.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.
Credit line
Anglesey Abbey, The Fairhaven Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Edmund Marriner Gill (1820 - 1894), artist