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Born at Burgdorf near Berne, where his uncle had a drawing school, Grimm moved to France in 1765; in 1768 he settled in England and developed a successful practice as a topographical watercolourist. One of his patrons was the owner of Barborough, Cornelius Heathcote Rodes, whose ancestor Francis Rodes had built the Tudor house in 1583. A companion drawing to the present view has Grimm's signature and the date '178-', the last figure being cut off at the margin; it may date from 1785, when Grimm spent several months at the house.
In the 19th century Barlborough was for many years the seat of the Locker-Lampson family. Frederick Locker (1821-1895), author of London Lyrics, took the additional name of Lampson in 1885 on the death of his second wife's father. Since 1939 the house has been used a preparatory school.
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| Medium / Signed: |
Pen and ink and watercolour on Whatman paper
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| Dimensions: |
20.00inch wide
10.75inch high
(50.80 cm wide 27.30 cm high)
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| Provenance |
Frederick Locker Lampson; by family descent to Mrs Godfrey Fawcett |
| Literature |
Rotha Mary Clay, Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, London, 1941 |
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