Painting, Stratford-Upon-Avon

Name/Title

Painting, Stratford-Upon-Avon

Context

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 Worldwide

Acquisition

Accession

1974.01

Source or Donor

Mr. Robert W. McClendon

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

In Mem of donor's wife, Mary Olive Titterington of Texarkana

Made/Created

Artist

H. Foley