Bushy House
Date
1929
Creator
Kathleen Stannus Robertson (1874 - 1939, British) , Artist
Object type
Image reference
Material
Dimensions
height (print): 300mm
width (print): 230mm
height (mount): 430mm
width (mount): 340mm
width (print): 230mm
height (mount): 430mm
width (mount): 340mm
Subject
Description
Close-up view of the main entrance of Bushy House, showing its elevation and vine-covered canopy, a doorway flanked with columns and balcony overhead, and a lamp to the left.
Inscribed below: ‘K.S. Robertson, 1929’
Handwritten inscription on back of frame: ‘Main Entrance
BUSHY HOUSE TEDDINGTON
K S Robertson
51 Bedford Court Mansion
London WC2’
Lady Kathleen Stannus Robertson (1874-1939), British artist. Lady Robertson likely visited Bushy House and Bushy Park with her husband, Robert Robertson FRS (1869-1949), who represented the Royal Society on the General Board and Executive Council of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) from 1925.
Bushy House has been the home of the NPL since 1900, when the Government allotted it for that purpose. The NPL was under the control of the Royal Society from 1900 until 1918.
Inscribed below: ‘K.S. Robertson, 1929’
Handwritten inscription on back of frame: ‘Main Entrance
BUSHY HOUSE TEDDINGTON
K S Robertson
51 Bedford Court Mansion
London WC2’
Lady Kathleen Stannus Robertson (1874-1939), British artist. Lady Robertson likely visited Bushy House and Bushy Park with her husband, Robert Robertson FRS (1869-1949), who represented the Royal Society on the General Board and Executive Council of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) from 1925.
Bushy House has been the home of the NPL since 1900, when the Government allotted it for that purpose. The NPL was under the control of the Royal Society from 1900 until 1918.
Object history
Some of Lady Robertson’s inscriptions indicate that these illustrations were intended for Joseph Ernest Petavel (1873-1936), Director of the NPL in the 1930s, who later bequeathed them to the Royal Society.
Related fellows
Robert Robertson (1869 - 1949, British) , Chemist
Joseph Ernest Petavel (1873 - 1936, British) , Physicist
Joseph Ernest Petavel (1873 - 1936, British) , Physicist
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