The Brown Gallery at Knole
James Holland (Burslem 1799 – London 1870)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1845 - 1845 (exh at BI)
Materials
Oil on panel (oval)
Measurements
410 x 335 mm
Place of origin
Kent
Order this imageCollection
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 802393
Summary
Oil painting on panel (horizontal oval), The Brown Gallery at Knole by James Holland (Burslem 1799 – London 1870), circa 1845 when exhibited at the British Institution. View of the Brown Gallery at Knole, with a lady descending the stairs, seen through an open doorway.
Provenance
Earl of Ellesmere, Worsley Hall, Manchester; his sale (occasioned by the inconvenience of maintaining a large property during wartime), Christie’s 18 October 1946, lot 15, along with NT 802394 (SIS/P/6); bought Agnew’s; sold to Harold Nicolson (1886-1968) 23 October 1946, for £30 along with SIS/P/6; thence by descent, on loan from Adam Nicolson, Baron Carnock (b. 1957)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: Label on reverse : in black ink on back of panel: The BROWN GALLERY/Knole/James Holland/Blackheath Road. Sale cutting: 495 JAMES HOLLAND 1800 to 1870/ In the Brown Gallery at Knole; Agnew & Son label: 12009; Paper label, in ink: 495 [?] James Holland in the Brown Gallery at Knole/ From Worsley Hall; and in pencil No Spare Bedroom No 3.
Makers and roles
James Holland (Burslem 1799 – London 1870), artist