© The Piper Estate
Bolingbroke at Lydiard Tregoze
Artist: John Piper (1903 - 1992)
Location: Lydiard House
Date: 1940
Materials: oil, pen & ink on canvas laid over panel
Dimensions: 29 x 37cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £10,500 (Total: £22,000)
Vendor: Offer Waterman & Co
Review number: 5097 (2002)
Provenance:
Leicester Galleries, London; Mrs Thellussen, 1940.
Description:
A depiction of the interior of St. Mary's Church which stands directly behind Lydiard House and is famous for the quality of its 17th Century monuments and stained glass. Lydiard's famous 'Golden Cavalier' (incorrectly titled Bolingbroke by Piper) is immediately recognisable and Piper perfectly captures that startling constrast between the gilded captain and the shadowy chancel which he inhabits.
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