'Distance lends enchantment to the view'
Dorothy Tennant, Lady Stanley (London 1855 - London 1926)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1926
Materials
Paper, wood, glass and metal.
Measurements
392 x 312 x 20 mm
Order this imageCollection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 582353
Summary
Ink and pencil (?) 'Distance lends enchantment to the view' by Dorothy Combe Tennant, Lady Stanley (London 1855 - London 1926). A drawing by Dorothy Tennant (Mrs H.M. Stanley), who died in 1926. The picture depicts a small child up a lamp post with a policeman persuading him to come down.
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt
Marks and inscriptions
Top right corner.: Distance lends enchantment to the view Middle in melinex pocket: Established upwards of fifty years. Millers & Co London & Birmingham 62 High Holborn 439, Strand 2, Lowther Arcade London and 6, New Street, Birmingham
Makers and roles
Dorothy Tennant, Lady Stanley (London 1855 - London 1926), artist