Name/Title
Painting, Stratford-Upon-AvonContext
On the wall of the Neill-Cochran House Museum Dining Room between two large mahogany knife boxes shaped like urns is an oil painting titled, "Stratford-Upon-Avon" by Henry Foley. The painting is set in a gold leaf frame with raised corner medallions.
This work depicts a bucolic scene of farmers and fishermen along the Avon River with the Church of the Holy Trinity towering in the background. Henry Foley was a British painter born in 1848. He lived in Stratford and flourished from 1870-1900. He is known for his atmospheric British town and landscape scenes. The exact date of this painting is unknown.
"Stratford-Upon-Avon," was gifted to the Neill-Cochran House Museum by Robert W. McClendon in memory of his wife, Mary Olive Titterinton of Texarkana. You can see it, and all of our atmospheric artifacts, Wed-Sun 11-4pm.
Source: Artnet WorldwideAcquisition
Accession
1974.01Source or Donor
Mr. Robert W. McClendonAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
In Mem of donor's wife, Mary Olive Titterington of Texarkana