Framed illuminated address to The Honourable George William Henry Vernon
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1875
Materials
Paper, wood and glass
Measurements
443 x 290 mm
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Sudbury Hall (Children's Country House), Derbyshire
NT 652655
Summary
A framed illuminated address on paper to The Honourable George William Henry Vernon (later to become the 7th Lord Vernon) on the celebration of the attainment of his majority on 25 February 1875, from the 'Cottagers and Workmen upon your noble Father's Estates in Derbyshire and Staffordshire'. 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.