Elizabeth 'Betty' Wrisdale (b. 1917)
Tom Wood (b. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 1955)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1967 - 2006
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
1016 x 813 mm (40 x 32 in)
Order this imageCollection
Gunby Hall Estate, Lincolnshire
NT 638302
Summary
Oil painting on panel, Elizabeth Wrisdale (b. 1917) by Tom Wood (b. 1955). A head-and shoulders portrait of a former tenant, who with Paul Gray, Head Gardener restored the gardens at Gunby Hall. Below in three smaller panels are flowers. The painting has a frame within the whole painting and she looks she is sent against a window in refection and on the outside is weather vane.
Provenance
Commissioned by the National Trust to commemorate Elizabeth Wrisdale's restoration of the gardens at Gunby Hall
Makers and roles
Tom Wood (b. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 1955), artist