The Umbrella and Hat Stands in the Moose Lobby, Lanhydrock House, Cornwall
Alan Powers (b. London 1955)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1983 (signed)
Materials
Watercolour on paper
Measurements
318 x 210 mm (12 1/2 x 8 1/4 in)
Place of origin
Bodmin
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 881995
Summary
Watercolour on paper, The Umbrella and Hat Stands in the Moose Lobby, Lanhydrock House, Cornwall, by Alan Powers (b. London 1955), signed: Alan Powers, 1983. The umbrella stand in the Moose Lobby at Lanhydrock House, showing the panelled wall and tiled floor. One of four views of Lanhydrock painted for a one-man show of scenes in Devon and Cornwall which were exhibited by the National Trust at Cotehele in 1983. Weather forced the artist to paint indoors and to select subjects suitable to be seen from a low seat in a position where the visiting public was not a hazard.
Provenance
Acquired after exhibition of Alan Powers work at Cotehele (Martin Briggs, administrator of Cotehele, had taught Alan Powers at Winchester School); bought by the National Trust's Foundation for Art, 1987
Marks and inscriptions
(signed bottom right) Alan/Powers
Makers and roles
Alan Powers (b. London 1955), artist