Object Description
WALTER JAMES, 3rd BARON NORTHBOURNE
(1869-1932)
Landscape
Oil on panel
Framed
20 by 31 cm., 8 by 12 ¼ cm.
(frame size 32 by 42 cm., 12 ½ by 16 ½ in.)
Provenance:
Lady Cecilia Howard, daughter of George Howard, 9th Duke of Carlisle,
and thence my descent
Walter John James was the son of Walter James, 2nd Baron Northbourne and his wife Edith Lane. He was educated at Harrow School and Magdalen College, Oxford.
His career as an artist began under the tutorage of the Italian landscape artist Giovani Costa. He later studied etching under Sir Frank Short at the Royal College of Art. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, Fine Art Society and the Royal Society of British Artists. He held four one man shows in London. He was also appointed a Trustee of the Wallace Collection.