Tickerage Mill (circa 1939)

(Guy) Richard 'Dick' Charles Wyndham

oil on canvas

Brighton & Hove Museums (Brighton Museum & Art Gallery and Hove Museum of Creativity)

Photo credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Classification:

Painting

Materials:

Oil, Canvas

Dimensions:

92 x 72.3 cm

Accession Number:

FA000329

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1941

Scheme:

Historic Purchase by Purchaser (1914-2008)

Ownership history:

Unknown acquisition details; presented to Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, 1941

Relationship:

Brighton & Hove Museums (Brighton Museum & Art Gallery and Hove Museum of Creativity)

The mill has had many illustrious owners, including, in the 1920/30s, the artist Richard Wyndham, a scion of the Egremont family at Petworth, who added a large oriel window overlooking the mill pond for his studio, and, later, Lord Snowdon’s father, Sir Ronald Armstrong-Jones. In 1961, following her divorce from Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh sought refuge at Tickerage Mill, where she entertained lavishly; guests included Princess Margaret, John Gielgud and Sir Winston Churchill. Her ashes were scattered in the pond.

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