Trees at Maxstoke, Warwickshire
Trees at Maxstoke, Warwickshire
Trees at Maxstoke Park, WarwickshireInscribed lower left: MaxstokeBlack chalk17.8 by 25.6 cm., 7 by 10 in.Provenance:With The Fine Art Society, London, 1946;John Marshall;And by descent to the present private collector, WiltshireExhibited:London, Leicester Galleries, Artists as Collectors, July-August 1963, no.126The castle of Maxstoke was completed in 1345, is one of the oldest privately owned and continuously inhabited castles in England. It was commissioned by Sir William Clinton, 1st Earl of Huntindon. It was purchased by the Dilke (later Fetherston-Dilke) family in 1599, whose descendants remain in the castle. It lies about 15 miles East of Birmingham and is now the home of Maxstoke Park Golf Club.){kind=link}
David Cox (1783-1859)
Trees at Maxstoke Park, Warwickshire
Inscribed lower left: Maxstoke
Black chalk
17.8 by 25.6 cm., 7 by 10 in.
Provenance:
With The Fine Art Society, London, 1946;
John Marshall;
And by descent to the present private collector, Wiltshire
Exhibited:
London, Leicester Galleries, Artists as Collectors, July-August 1963, no.126
The castle of Maxstoke was completed in 1345, is one of the oldest privately owned and continuously inhabited castles in England. It was commissioned by Sir William Clinton, 1st Earl of Huntindon. It was purchased by the Dilke (later Fetherston-Dilke) family in 1599, whose descendants remain in the castle. It lies about 15 miles East of Birmingham and is now the home of Maxstoke Park Golf Club.