COACHING SCENE: WINTER
Creator(s): Henry S. Cottrell (Painter)
On view in: First Floor Library
About this object
A mail coach driving in a winter landscape. The coach is covered with snow. It is driving towards the left and pulled by two pairs of horses. Painted on the side is Chester-London Royal Mail. Two coachmen sit in the driver's seat, one is holding a whip. Behind them are two men, one holding an umbrella. At the rear is another man sitting huddled. Snow is falling. There is a fence at the front and two trees in the background.
- Object name:
- COACHING SCENE: WINTER
- Made from:
- Oil on canvas
- Made in:
- England
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- 28.6 × 39.4 cm (11 1/4 × 15 1/2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 51.36
- Class:
- PAINTING
- Signature marks:
- SIGNATURE; LABEL right in fence rail: H. Cottrell; on back: Arthur Ackerman and Sons
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973