The End of Summer
Victor Hume Moody (Clapham 1896 – Malvern 1990)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1916 - 1966
Materials
Tempera and oil on copper
Measurements
598 x 495 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 515696
Summary
Tempera and oil painting on canvas, The End of Summer by Victor Hume Moody (Clapham 1896 – Malvern 1990). Two female figures, one carrying a pail, the other holding deer with halter, landscape background, church in valley left. Landscape with three figures and a calf, centre, two female and a young girl, the girl on the left has her back to the spectator, and is dressed in a light-brown short-sleeved jacket and skirt, right arm outstretched handing the female in the centre an apple on a branch, the female in the centre is in a short scarlet dress, blonde hair, right foot forward, facing the spectator, a basket or bucket under her right arm, her right hand stretched out to take the apple, the female on the right, also with blonde hair, is dressed in a brown short coat over a white blouse and a short green skirt, her left hand is outstretched and holds a rope which is attached to the neck of a young calf, which stands, head upraised, between the two women. All three people are bare-footed. The group stands beneath a tree whose leaves are just turning gold. To the left is a stile with a path leading down to a house in the valley below, distant views with trees on the right, and hills; blue sky.
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
Victor Hume Moody (Clapham 1896 – Malvern 1990), artist