{"id":218,"date":"2018-01-10T15:01:21","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T15:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gobetween.wpengine.com\/?p=218"},"modified":"2020-09-16T15:28:01","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T15:28:01","slug":"the-illegible-kersting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/2018\/01\/10\/the-illegible-kersting\/","title":{"rendered":"Lorraine Stoker: The Illegible Kersting"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Audio Version<\/h2>\n<p>Read by Anne Hutchings<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spotify Embed: The Illegible Anthony Kersting\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/5HZFXyO7SCxlXbQfYP6UKE?si=k3mPXfTZRl-QwHcct-FvLg&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Text Version<\/h2>\n<p>While transcribing one of the A.F. Kersting&#8217;s ledgers, a volunteer came across an illegible entry: KER_NEG_W1013-6. It was posted on <em>SLACK<\/em> for all the volunteers involved in the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/2017\/03\/09\/introducing-our-new-digitisation-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Courtauld Connects<\/a> digitisation project and yet despite our best efforts the entry remained unidentified.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_219\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-219\" style=\"width: 3699px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-219 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/files\/2018\/01\/20180110_111150-e1515582891218.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3699\" height=\"644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/20180110_111150-e1515582891218.jpg 3699w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/20180110_111150-e1515582891218-300x52.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/20180110_111150-e1515582891218-768x134.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/20180110_111150-e1515582891218-1024x178.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3699px) 100vw, 3699px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illegible entries<br \/>Anthony Kersting Archive \u00a9 The Courtauld Institute of Art<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The clues were numerous but confusing: Revivalist or Georgian, Heraldic or Masonic, double-headed eagle or griffin, Country house or lodge, demolished or renovated. Although the town was illegible, it was agreed that the county was Northamptonshire, which became our starting point. Pattishall, Puxley, Pytchley, Padley? I think we researched every town in the county beginning with the capital P.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_220\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-220\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-220 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/files\/2018\/01\/KER_NEG_W1014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/KER_NEG_W1014.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/KER_NEG_W1014-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/KER_NEG_W1014-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Drawing Room<br \/>Anthony Kersting Archive, KER_NEG_W0014 \u00a9 The Courtauld Institute of Art<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I contacted the foremost expert on Northamptonshire country houses, who worked with Pevsner, HHA, Historic England, images of England, the AA, and Country Life photographic archives; and Nick Kingsley, archivist and architectural historian, but none could identify the images. One suggestion was that it could be a scheme by Claud Phillimore or even an early work by David Hicks, which led me in another direction for a short time.<\/p>\n<p>I made a last-ditch attempt to identify the building by contacting the Northamptonshire Heritage Group, the National Council on Archives, and the National Archives. However, it was while in Brixton library, reading through the Arthur Mee and Nicolas Pevsner Northamptonshire editions within The Buildings of England Series and Pevsner Architectural Guides, that I started to question if it was indeed Northamptonshire.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_221\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-221\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-221 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/files\/2018\/01\/KER_NEG_W1013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/KER_NEG_W1013.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/KER_NEG_W1013-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/KER_NEG_W1013-768x1013.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/KER_NEG_W1013-776x1024.jpg 776w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-221\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Drawing Room<br \/>Anthony Kersting Archive, KER_NEG_W0013 \u00a9 The Courtauld Institute of Art.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After this exhaustive research into architecture, I decided to turn to the paintings. I emailed several experts and Paul Cox, Associate Curator at the National Portrait Gallery, kindly took the time to compare one of the portraits with many from the late 1590s-c1610, but again with no success. I am known as a passionate advocate of contemporary art but a visit to the National Portrait Gallery reminded me of the beauty of 16<sup>th<\/sup> century Tudor portraiture.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_224\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-224\" style=\"width: 209px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npg.org.uk\/collections\/search\/portrait\/mw02075\/Queen-Elizabeth-I\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-224 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/files\/2018\/01\/Queen-Elizabeth-I-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/Queen-Elizabeth-I-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/Queen-Elizabeth-I.jpg 556w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Queen Elizabeth I <br \/>by Unknown continental artist<br \/>oil on panel, circa 1575<br \/>NPG 2082<br \/>\u00a9 National Portrait Gallery, London<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The clothing in the stunning portrait painting at the bottom of the stairs in the mystery house identified the period as early 20<sup>th<\/sup> century, and this led to some fascinating and extensive research into the work of several British artists. A visit to the National Portrait Gallery and its newly refurbished 20<sup>th<\/sup> century gallery confirmed I was in the right artistic period and I was amazed that early 20<sup>th<\/sup> century British realist painting is so under-rated.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_225\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225\" style=\"width: 258px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-225 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/files\/2018\/01\/Mystery-Painting-258x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/Mystery-Painting-258x300.png 258w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/Mystery-Painting.png 356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mystery Painting<br \/>Anthony Kersting Archive<br \/>Detail of KER_NEG_W0016<br \/>\u00a9 The Courtauld Institute of Art<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_222\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-222\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-222 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/files\/2018\/01\/KER_NEG_W1015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/KER_NEG_W1015.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/KER_NEG_W1015-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/KER_NEG_W1015-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/KER_NEG_W1015-771x1024.jpg 771w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Hall<br \/>Anthony Kersting Archive, KER_NEG_W0015 \u00a9 The Courtauld Institute of Art<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the same time, I continued to delve into the mystery of the double-headed eagle. I discovered a 1780 Satirical print of the arms of the Feilding family superimposed on the Habsburg double-headed eagle lacking one head, dedicated to the Garter King of Arms and mocking the family&#8217;s pretensions at ancestral connections to the Habsburg dynasty and the Feilding family of Warwickshire.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_226\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-226\" style=\"width: 217px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-226 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/files\/2018\/01\/AN00077210_001_l-217x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/AN00077210_001_l-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/AN00077210_001_l-740x1024.jpg 740w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/AN00077210_001_l.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-226\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aquila Hapsburghiensis<br \/>J,2.8,<br \/>AN77210001<br \/>\u00a9 The Trustees of the British Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thus, Warwickshire and the Feilding family became to focus of the next stage of this investigation. To cut a long story short, research into the Feilding family and their fascinating history led me to Newham Paddock, the family home in Warwickshire.<\/p>\n<p>It was interesting to read that Lady Dorothie Feilding-Moore became a highly decorated volunteer nurse and ambulance driver on the Western Front during World War 1. She was the first woman to be awarded the Military medal for bravery in the field.\u00a0 She also received the 1914 Star, the Croix de Guerre and the order of Leopold II.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_227\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-227\" style=\"width: 258px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File%3ADorothie_feilding.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-227 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/files\/2018\/01\/Dorothie_feilding-258x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/Dorothie_feilding-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/Dorothie_feilding.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">By Belgian Photographer<br \/>(The Illustrated War News)<br \/>[Public domain]<br \/>via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>The Feilding family have been Lords of Newnham Paddox since 1433. In 1622, James I made William Feilding first Earl of Denbigh, and this was an important clue which led to Monks Kirby, the home to the Earls of Denbigh, and their estate at Newnham Paddox.<\/p>\n<p>Monks Kirby and the Earls of Denbigh led to Pailton House, and although there was no initial evidence, I did believe that Pailton House was our mystery Kersting.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_228\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-228\" style=\"width: 885px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-228 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/files\/2018\/01\/Pailton-House.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"885\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/Pailton-House.jpg 885w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/Pailton-House-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/Pailton-House-768x485.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-228\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pailton House and gardens. 1910s<br \/>IMAGE LOCATION: (Warwickshire County Record Office)<br \/>Reference: PH, 352\/105\/55, img: 6462<br \/>Reproduced from the \u201cOur Warwickshire\u201d website<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Looking through <em>The Tatler<\/em> 1940, I found that Lord and Lady Denbigh had lived at Pailton House while Newnham Paddock was being used as a convent school.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Bilson, Head of Digital Media at The Courtauld Institute of Art, found some images online where the architrave resembled Pailton House. However, the banisters were different and the beautiful oval hallway was still proving elusive.<\/p>\n<p>I contacted the renovation company and their reply stated that the house had actually been split into two residences some time ago, as confirmed by a local tradesman.\u00a0Tom Bilson then discovered some plans for Pailton House on eBay.<\/p>\n<p>I decided to contact the Denbigh family directly, sending the Kersting photographs via email and was pleasantly surprised when Lady Denbigh graciously replied:<\/p>\n<p><em>Dear Lorraine, thank you for your message. Yes, it is Pailton House, Pailton, Warwickshire CV23. The house at Newnham Paddox was demolished in 1953 and Billy and Betty (the 10th Earl and Countess) lived at Pailton House until his death. Betty then sold the house and it was divided up into 5 houses. Betty then built a wooden house on what would have been the carriage turning circle of the old mansion, we live in that today. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>As for the paintings &#8211; the large portrait is by Harold Harvey painted in 1936 I think, of Betty.\u00a0 In the dining room the portrait is of Elizabeth Aston, mother of the first Earl &#8211; (along with the other oldest portrait, attributed to Zuccaro, but unlikely!). The other smaller one is also by Harold Harvey. The other picture in the drawing room is now with Billy and Betty&#8217;s daughter, Lady Clare Simonian. I hope this helps &#8211; I am afraid I cannot comment on the oval room as I have never seen it, by the time of our marriage in 1996 it had long been sold&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Recently, Lady Suzy Denbigh, The Countess of Denbigh at Newnham Paddox, kindly sent information and photographs of the actual paintings.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_229\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-229\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-229\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/files\/2018\/01\/IMG_1352-845x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/IMG_1352-845x1024.jpg 845w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/IMG_1352-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/IMG_1352-768x930.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/IMG_1352.jpg 1457w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-229\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elizabeth Aston<br \/>Courtesy of Lady Suzy Denbigh, Countess of Denbigh at Newnham Paddox<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_230\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-230\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-230\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/files\/2018\/01\/IMG_1353-829x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/IMG_1353-829x1024.jpg 829w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/IMG_1353-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/IMG_1353-768x948.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/IMG_1353.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-230\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sir Basil Feilding<br \/>Courtesy of Lady Suzy Denbigh, Countess of Denbigh at Newnham Paddox<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_232\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-232\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-232\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/files\/2018\/01\/IMG_1414-1-253x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/IMG_1414-1-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/IMG_1414-1-768x912.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/IMG_1414-1-862x1024.jpg 862w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-232\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Betty, Countess of Denbigh by Harold Harvey, c1931 <br \/>Courtesy of Lady Suzy Denbigh, Countess of Denbigh at Newnham Paddox<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Personally, it was a fascinating \u2018journey\u2019, informative and great fun to research. Jane MacIntyre and I have now moved on from this success and onto over 400 Kersting \u2018illegibles\u2019, which we have just completed, albeit with one or two individual words remaining to be identified. The challenge is now to revisit the entire Anthony Kersting ledgers.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>By Lorraine Stoker, Courtauld Connects Digitisation Volunteer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Audio Version Read by Anne Hutchings Text Version While transcribing one of the A.F. Kersting&#8217;s ledgers, a volunteer came across an illegible entry: KER_NEG_W1013-6. It was posted on SLACK for all the volunteers involved in the Courtauld Connects digitisation project and yet despite our best efforts the entry remained unidentified. 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