Winston-on-the-Staunton

Name/Title

Winston-on-the-Staunton

Entry/Object ID

2023.24.9

Description

Print of an ink drawing of the main house at Windstone plantation on sturdy cream-colored paper. The front elevation of the large brick house is shown, with seven shuttered and sashed windows. The front door and porch are covered in vegetation. Trees surround the house, situated at the end of a faintly marked grassy walkway. Titled "WINSTON-ON-THE-STAUNTON" along the bottom.

Type of Print

Woodcut

Artwork Details

Medium

Ink, Paper

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Windstone, Charlotte County, Virginia

Made/Created

Date made

1930 - 1950

Provenance

Notes

Windstone, also known as Winston or Winston-on-the-Staunton, was built for Edward Winston Henry Sr. (1794–1872), a son of Patrick Henry, after he and his brother John Henry (1796–1868) divided their shares of the Red Hill property in 1814. Edward Sr.'s son, Edward Winston Henry Jr. (1840–1904), lived in the house and passed it on to his son, Dandridge Yuille "D. Y." Henry (1869–1950), who lived there until his death. After he died, the house was destroyed by fire in 1951. D. Y. Henry's daughter, Margaret Henry Ottarson (1891–1981), grew up at Windstone. This print, along with the other items in the 2023.24 accession, was in Ottarson's Nashville house when she sold it to her friend, Pamela Wood Kirchner. Kirchner gave the items to the Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation on March 23, 2023.