The Village Wedding, Wetley Abbey

George Hemming Mason

Art Funded: 1987
Dimensions: 37 x 42 cm
Bequeathed by: Vera & Aileen Woodroffe through The Art Fund

Part of a bequest to eight museums by Aileen and Vera Woodroffe through the Art Fund in 1987.

Provenance

Vera & Aileen Woodroffe.

Oil on canvas

Leighton House Museum

12 Holland Park Road, London, Greater London, W14 8LZ
020 7602 3316
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The Village Wedding, Wetley Abbey

George Hemming Mason

Provenance

Leighton House Museum

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