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An oil painting of ‘Maer Hall’, home of Josiah Wedgwood 2nd.
Josiah Wedgwood 2nd was the son of Josiah Wedgwood the famous potter and lived at Maer Hall. I was commissioned to do this scene of Maer Hall for the present owners some years ago. I remember it being a cloudy day towards the end of a very hot summer, hence the scorched look of the […]
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An English Country House
Commissioned by the present owners,Maer Hall was once owned by Josiah Wedgwood II, the son of the potter who founded the world famous Wedgwood company. Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, often used to visit Maer and went on to marry Wedgwood’s daughter Emma, in St Peters church in the village of Maer. I painted […]