Hall Screen at Kemble, Goucestershire
Robert William Billings (London 1813 - Putney 1874)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1801 - 1900
Materials
Watercolour paint, paper
Measurements
480 x 589 mm
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 730841
Summary
Watercolour, on paper, Hall Screen at Kemble, Gloucestershire by Robert William Billings (London 1813 - Putney 1874).The watercolour, which shows the screen (the cresting of which is carved with the words 'Friends are welcome for aye'), is described as having been erected at Kemble in Gloucestershire for 'Robert Gordon Esq., from designs of Robert William Billings'. Billings, an architect, sculptor and architectural draughtsman, is probably responsible for the drawing.
Makers and roles
Robert William Billings (London 1813 - Putney 1874), artist