Bushy House
Date
1934
Creator
Kathleen Stannus Robertson (1874 - 1939, British) , Artist
Object type
Image reference
Material
Dimensions
height (print): 290mm
width (print): 330mm
height (mount): 340mm
width (mount): 420mm
width (print): 330mm
height (mount): 340mm
width (mount): 420mm
Subject
Content object
Description
View of the south side of Bushy House and its main entrance, flanked with columns, the west wing on the left, and the surrounding land, with trees behind.
Inscribed below: ‘K. S. Robertson, 1934’
Stamped inscription on the back of frame: ‘'BY LADY ROBERTSON
51 Bedford Court Mansions
LONDON, W.C.1'
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, 1934’
Stamped inscription on the back of frame: ‘'BY LADY ROBERTSON
51 Bedford Court Mansions
LONDON, W.C.1'
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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