▲ “L. Pilkington / Firwood, Alderley Edge.” Firwood was the home of the Pilkington family from 1943 into the 1960s. Isabel painted the daughters of Lawrence and Mary ‘Mollie’ Pilkington in 1900.

▲ At the head of this label – very feint – is the Manchester City Council coat of arms with the words “CITY OF MANCHESTER ART GALLERY” below.

Photos: Jonathan Russell (taken with permission at Gildings Auctioneers)/donated by owner.

• Title(s): Santa Maria dei Monte, Perugia (labels on back of work).
• Description: View of a large eccleciastical building in the left mid-distance, rural landscape foreground, low mountains far distance.
• Media: Oil on canvas.
• Dimensions: Canvas 27.8 x 37.8 cm, frame 37.8 x 48.2 cm, glass cover (information from owner).
• Signature/date/other text: 1899 – Label on back (detailed above). Signed lower right, “S. I. Dacre”.*
• History:
  • 1899 – Label on back.
  • 2023 – Auctioned Gildings, Market Harborough, 26 Sep, lot 363, “labelled verso”, sold: hammer £300, premium £372.
• Location: Private collection.

The building is on the eastern side of Perugia and is now surrounded by built-up areas, meaning the view show in the work is no longer achievable. (Google Earth: aerial view, street view.)

* The owner states there is possible further text but difficult to remove canvas from frame without damaging backing and historic labels.

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