HENRY A. WOOLLETT (BRITISH, op. 1851-1873)

The Horsemarket at Ashby-de-la-Zouch

Details

HENRY A. WOOLLETT (BRITISH, op. 1851-1873)
The Horsemarket at Ashby-de-la-Zouch
signed and dated 'H. Woollett 1855' (lower right)
oil on canvas
28½ x 44¾ in. (72.4 x 113.7 cm.)

Provenance

with Old World Gallery, New York, from whom purchased, 1982.

Lot Essay

Ashby-de-la-Zouch is a small historic market town in the north west of the county of Leicestershire. "Ashby" is a word of Anglo-Danish origins, meaning "town of the ash [tree]". The Norman French addition dates from the years after the Conquest, when the town was given to the Zouche family in the reign of Henry II. The town has an historic 15th Century castle which was used as the setting for Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott.

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