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Artwork
Accession Number
991.005.010Alternate Name
[BLANK]Description
A black and white photograph of a large two-story stone house, at left an adjoining glass conservatory, next to this a circular tower, seven chimneys emerge from the roof, to the right a flag on a castellated tower flying the Union Jack, a weather vane on a second tower, the facades partially covered in ivy, in the foreground a flat manicured lawn, on the edge at right a waterfall, flower beds, and a large evergreen tree.Narrative
This mansion was called, Woodlands Vale, on Calthorpe Road, Ryde, on the Isle of Wight. It was the home Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe, husband of Annie Euphemia Dunsmuir (1868-1952), also known as Effie and Mrs. Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe, the ninth child of Robert and Joan Dunsmuir. Arthur inherited the house on the death of his father in 1912.On a trip to Dublin in 1900, Effie met her future husband, the second son of the 7th Baron Calthorpe. He was a commander in the British Royal Navy. He was 36 years old when they married on February 27, 1900, at St. George's Church, Hanover Square.
More information on Woodlands Vale can be found here:
http://www.parksandgardens.org/places-and-people/site/6722/summary
History of Use
The original print of this photograph was given to later owners of Woodlands Vale by Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe's butler, Charles Maker.This print was obtained by the late Peter Waldo Somerset Gough-Calthorpe, the 10th (and last) Baron Calthorpe, who donated it to Craigdarroch Castle.
