Framed illuminated address to The Honourable G.W.H.Vernon
James Bann (fl.1875)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1875
Materials
Paper, wood and glass
Measurements
800 x 660 mm
Place of origin
Shrewsbury
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Sudbury Hall (Children's Country House), Derbyshire
NT 652654
Summary
A framed illuminated address on paper to The Honourable G W H Vernon (later to become the 7th Lord Vernon) in commemeration of his coming of age, dated 25 August 1875 (his birthday was 25 February?), from the Committee of Poynton and Worth Collieries. Gilt-gesso frame, damage.
Provenance
Vernon collection transferred to the Treasury in 1967 following death of 9th Lord Vernon, and transferred to The National Trust in 1967.
Makers and roles
James Bann (fl.1875), calligrapher