Eastnor Castle
Juliana Pole-Carew, Lady Robartes (1812-1881)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
circa 1837
Materials
Measurements
265 x 180 mm
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 890209.10
Summary
A watercolour of Eastnor Castle, home of the Somers-Cocks family, showing one of the watch towers on the left of the picture with terrace and moat. Hills and trees on the right and beyond. Initialled JPC. Contained in a red and green sketch book belonging to the Hon. Juliana Pole Carew, later Lady Robartes, 1812-1881, containing watercolours of Hagley Hall, the home of the Lyttelton family, Lanhydrock and Cornish scenes. Signed and dated between 1837 - 1840.
Provenance
This sketch book was found in the house after the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, later 7th Viscount Clifden, 1883-1966, gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust in 1953. The Hon. Juliana Pole-Carew, later Lady Robartes, 1812-1881, was the daughter of the Hon. Caroline Lyttelton from Hagley Hall, and the Hon. Reginald Pole-Carew, from Antony and was related to the Somers-Cocks family.
Marks and inscriptions
Bottom right on opposite page: (handwritten in pencil) Eastnor Castle / JPC.
Makers and roles
Juliana Pole-Carew, Lady Robartes (1812-1881), amateur artist