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Lot Essay
Canons Ashby is a Grade I listed Elizabethan manor house located in a village about eleven miles south of Daventry in Northamptonshire. It was built by the Dryden family in the 16th century, using stone from the Augustinian priory which previously occupied the site. The house was remodeled in the 18th century, and again in the 19th century, when Sir Henry Dryden's The Antiquarian recorded much of the history of the estate and the surrounding area. Today the house is owned by the National Trust and is noted for its Jacobean paintings, plasterwork and tapestries.
A screenprint related to this work (Levinson 350) was published by Christie's Contemporary Art and the National Trust in 1983, in an edition of 150.
We are very grateful to Rev. Dr. Stephen Laird for his assistance in preparing the catalogue entries for lots 121 and 222.
A screenprint related to this work (Levinson 350) was published by Christie's Contemporary Art and the National Trust in 1983, in an edition of 150.
We are very grateful to Rev. Dr. Stephen Laird for his assistance in preparing the catalogue entries for lots 121 and 222.