Entrance to Stanway House
1942
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1942
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Entrance to Stanway House is a 1942 watercolor by Swan, a Impressionism work, depicting Gate, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolor shows a grand old building with a tall gate in the center. The walls are light yellow, and the roof has fancy shapes like domes and arches. Trees and bushes sit off to the side, and a person is sitting on a bench near the gate. The artist focused on the building’s details, like the small windows and carvings above the gate. The paint looks soft, with light colors blending together. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more works like this.
This watercolour from 1942 depicts the gatehouse of Stanway House, a Jacobean manor near Stanton in Gloucestershire. The structure, built around 1630 from yellow-hued Cotswold limestone by the Tracey family, features symmetrical ornamental gables topped with scallop shells, their family emblem. The three-storey lodges flanking the archway have mullioned bay windows, and the entrance is framed by a pediment supported by columns, with the manor house visible at a right angle to the gatehouse. The work was part of the "Recording Britain" project, a wartime initiative to document significant…
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In 1942, this watercolor artist captured Cirencester and the Cotswolds in soft, detailed scenes.
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