Two Women at Cronkhill, Shropshire, March 1920
Category
Photographs
Date
Mar 1920
Materials
Photographic paper attached to cartridge paper page of album
Measurements
85 x 59 mm
Place of origin
Cronkhill
Collection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 610190.36
Summary
Monochrome photograph showing two women, one standing and one seated on a garden bench in the loggia at Cronkhill, Shropshire in March 1920. The large shadow of the male photographer can be seen in the foreground. Lady Berwick is probably one of the two women. The Regency villa at Cronkhill was built in 1802 by John Nash for the 2nd Lord Berwick's agent, Francis Walford. Lord and Lady Berwick returned to live at Cronkhill after their honeymoon in Italy in 1919 as Attingham Hall was leased to a tenant. Photograph Number 35 of 232, on Page 11 in Volume 4 of Edith Teresa Hulton's Personal Photograph Albums 1919 - 1926 (CMS item number 610190.1). Evelyn Gordon-Watson stayed at Cronkhill in March 1920 and may be one of the women shown in the photograph.
Provenance
8th Lady Berwick collection; bequeathed to the National Trust by Edith Teresa Hulton, Lady Berwick (1890-1972).
Marks and inscriptions
In the centre of the page : Cronkhill March 1920 (Ditto marks are under each of the six photographs on this page).