Oil paint on canvas
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Robert Vernon
Collection
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/james-ward-581" aria-label="More by James Ward" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">James Ward</a>
in Tabley Park
Presented by Robert Vernon 1847
animals: birds
animals: mammals
architecture
boat, sailing
bull
Cheshire
cloud
cow
England
England, Northern
estate
evening
features
industrial
lake
landscape
places
society
swan
Tabley House
times of the day
tower
transport: water
UK counties
UK countries and regions
UK man-made landmarks
water tower
water: inland
weather
wooded
<p>In 1819 this picture could be viewed by the public in Sir John Leicester’s London Gallery, in Mayfair. Leicester was a great supporter of British artists of the time, and his gallery showcased their work. He hoped that his collection would form the basis for a National Gallery of British art. He commissioned this picture from Ward in 1814. It depicts the Leicester family estate, Tabley Park in Cheshire. Ward has chosen as his subject a picturesque view of the lake and mock–gothic tower in the grounds.</p><p><em>Gallery label, October 2019</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
15 July 2002 – 21 May 2007
2007-05-21
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2002-07-15
Exhibiting Turner
Collection based display
25 July 2005 – 26 July 2009
2009-07-26
25 July 2005
2005-07-25
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2005-07-25
Romantic Painting in Britain
Collection based display
1 September 2010 – 31 January 2012
2012-01-31
1 September 2010 – 31 January 2012
2012-01-31
2010-09-01
Tabley House (Knutsford, UK)
http://www.tableyhouse.co.uk
2010-09-01
Reciprocal loan for John Martin
Loan-out
1 May 2018 – 31 October 2018
2018-10-31
1 May 2018 – 31 October 2018
2018-10-31
2018-05-01
National Horseracing Museum (Newmarket, UK)
http://www.nhrm.co.uk/
2018-05-01
James Ward R.A.: Animal Painting and Ambition
Loan-out
29 July 2019 – 3 November 2019
2019-11-03
29 July 2019 – 3 November 2019
2019-11-03
2019-07-29
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2019-07-29
1819 Spotlight
Collection based display
View in Tabley Park
support: 940 × 1359 mm

Presented by <a href="/search?gid=999999978" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Robert Vernon</a> 1847
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<p>In 1819 this picture could be viewed by the public in Sir John Leicester’s London Gallery, in Mayfair. Leicester was a great supporter of British artists of the time, and his gallery showcased their work. He hoped that his collection would form the basis for a National Gallery of British art. He commissioned this picture from Ward in 1814. It depicts the Leicester family estate, Tabley Park in Cheshire. Ward has chosen as his subject a picturesque view of the lake and mock–gothic tower in the grounds.</p>
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animals: birds animals: mammals architecture boat, sailing bull Cheshire cloud cow England England, Northern estate evening features industrial lake landscape places society swan Tabley House times of the day tower transport: water UK counties UK countries and regions UK man-made landmarks water: inland water tower weather wooded