Watercolour
Barbara Townsend (1842 - Mompesson House 1939)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1866
Materials
Paper, watercolour paint
Measurements
102 x 208 mm
Place of origin
Hyde Park
Order this imageCollection
Mompesson House, Wiltshire
NT 724098
Summary
Watercolour painting by Barbara Townsend of guards wearing busbys and other figures in Hyde Park. An inscription in pencil below the watercolour reads 'Volunteers Preview (?) in Hyde Park 1866'. Within a bound album (MHS/P/58) containing other watercolours by Barbara Townsend. The album page is numbered 40. The number 76 is annotated in pencil below the bottom right-hand corner of the watercolour.
Marks and inscriptions
Volunteers Preview (?) in Hyde Park 1866
Makers and roles
Barbara Townsend (1842 - Mompesson House 1939), artist