Antique
Face Screen in paper with Watercolours of Hamstall
Ridware. C. 1810.
One
side shows "A West View of Hamstall Ridware" and the other
"An East View of Hamstall Ridware". The drawing is very
fine and suggests a view from some distance. The west view is dominated
by a large expanse of sky, the west features water and land in front of
the church
of St Michael and All Angels.
In 1806, Jane Austen, her mother and sister travelled to Hamstall Ridware, Staffordshire, to visit Edward Cooper, Mrs Austen's nephew, visiting Leigh relatives at Adlestrop en route. This coincided with the death of the Hon. Mary Leigh of Stoneleigh in Warwickshire. Mrs Austen's cousin, the Reverend Thomas Leigh, expected to succeed her. He invited his Austen cousins to accompany him to Stoneleigh Abbey on their way to Hamstall. Elements of Jane Austen's experience on this northern tour can be traced in her novels.
See: http://www.jasna.org/persuasions/printed/number7/greene.pdf
The
handle is turned in an elegant simple style.
Origin:
UK
; Circa:1810 ; Materials:
paper and wood
Size: Screen 25 cm wide by 25 cm; handle 25 cm long: 9.8 inches wide by 9.8
inches; handle 9.8 inches.
Condition: Please refer to the photographs for details of condition.
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box, Antique Face Screen, fan, fire screen,
Hamstall Ridware, Stoneleigh Abbey,
Jane Austen,
church of St Michael and All Angels, Staffordshire,
