Vintage 1940s Watercolour Painting Lincoln Cathedral Chancery Greestone Steps
On offer is a pair of vintage watercolour paintings dating to 1949 (painted back-to-back on one sheet). These have been executed in a charming style and would make a good decorative item - you'd have to choose which to frame though! The one is inscribed "The Chancery Garden Tower by the lawn, M.E. Milford, August 22nd 1948" and the other "The Greestone Steps, August 21st 1948". This is from a folio of works by amateur artist Mary Elspeth Milford - a descendant of Charles Dickens! Please see the photos.
Mary Elspeth Milford was the daughter of Dick Milford, a well known clergyman, educator and philanthropist who was involved in the founding of Oxfam. He spent time working as Canon and Chancellor of Lincoln Cathedral and a number of the paintings in the collection show the Cathedral and its' surrounds. Dick Milford was born at Yockleton Hall in Shropshire and married Nancy Dickens Bourchier, great granddaughter of Charles Dickens. His life is well documented online and makes interesting reading. Please see our other Ebay listings for further paintings from this collection.
It measures approx 23cm x 14cm.