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The Entrance Hall at Lacock was created in 1754–1755 for John Ivory Talbot (1691?–1772). The architect Sanderson Miller (a portrait of whom is at Lacock) created the room in the Gothic Revival style, with a large chimneypiece and a barrel ceiling painted with the coats of arms of Talbot's friends.

The niches on the wall were filled with terracotta figures by the sculptor Victor Alexander Sederbach. They were produced at Lacock between May 1755 and January 1756. Curiously, no other work by this sculptor is known.

Lord Methuen studied under Walter Sickert and was a Trustee of the National Gallery and the Tate. He inherited Corsham Court, not far from Lacock, which he leased to the Bath Academy of Arts.

National Trust, Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum and Village

near Chippenham

Title

A Corner of the Hall, Lacock Abbey, with Terracotta Sculpture by Victor Alexander Sederbach

Date

1940

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 76.5 x W 51 cm

Accession number

996484

Work type

Painting

National Trust, Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum and Village

Lacock, near Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 2PG England

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Artist or maker

Paul Ayshford Methuen

1886–1974

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