© Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum
Oriel Lodge, Cheltenham
Artist: Chinese
Location: Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum
Date: circa 1823-1838
Materials: oil on canvas in original carved & gilded Chinese frame
Dimensions: 15.2 x 21.5cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £1,300 (Total: £3,500)
Vendor: Martyn Gregory
Review number: 5893 (2007)
Provenance:
Sold at Sharpes auctioneers, 2005, where purchased by Mr Letham, Scotland; Dan Shackleton, Scotland; Martyn Gregory Gallery, London.
Description:
A Chinese 'export' or 'trade' painting in its original Chinese carved and gilded frame, by an unknown artist. Pictures were commissioned from Cantonese artists by foreign merchants, and were usually scenes of China itself; the commission of an image of a private residence in England is very rare. Oriel Lodge is Cheltenham's earliest Gothic Revival house and was built by Captain Charles Timmins (1773-1838). He almost certainly commissioned the work.
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