Object number
2022/122
Title
Above the road from Abbotsbury to Bridport,
Creator
Description
Pen and ink drawing called 'Above the road from Abbotsbury to Bridport' by Thomas Hennell. From the collection of Elizabeth Hennell.
Drawing called 'Above the road from Abbotsbury to Bridport' by Thomas Hennell. Pen and ink landscape view with telegraph poles in the centre. The image appears in H J Massingham's book A Countryman's Journal. Purchased by the seller from Honor Oak Gallery from the collection of Elizabeth Hennell, the artist's sister.
Physical description
1 framed drawing: paper, ink
Archival history
Pre-MERL label - 'Thomas Hennell RWS 1903-45 // 12 Above the road from Abbotsbury to Bridport (inscribed). Pen and ink. 18cms x 31cms as seen. Unsigned. Reproduced p.142 in H J Massingham A Countryman's Journal (Chapman and Hall 1939). From the artist's sister. £75', Museum Object Entry Form - '2 Thomas Hennell artworks. Details on reverse of frames and in papers. [donor] is a collector of art with a broad interest. Her interest in Hennell stemmed from John Broad [owner of Honor Oak Gallery] who she had known from an early age.', Citation in publication - [H J Massingham, A Countryman's Journal (London : Chapman & Hall) 1939] - A view on views (pp 142)
Production place
Abbotsbury
Production date
1930 - 1939
Production period
1930s
Object name
Material
Technique
Dimensions
- Length 430 mm
- Height 305 mm
- Length 180 mm
- Height 310 mm
Associated subject
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