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| Keywords: John Roddam Spencer Stanhope - The gentle music of a bygone day, 1873.jpg Artwork Creator John Roddam Spencer Stanhope The title is inspired from a quotation from William Morris's 'The Earthly Paradise' <br /> Oh friends content you this is much indeed <br /> And we are paid thus garnering for our need <br /> Your blessings only bringing in their train <br /> God's blessings as the south wind brings the rain <br /> And for the rest no little thing shall be <br /> Since ye through all yet keep your memory <br /> The gentle music of the bygone years <br /> Long past to us with all their hopes and fears 1873 oil on canvas cm 97 0 119 0 National Trust Wightwick Manor Not on display place of discovery object history Colonel Spencer Stanhope Cannon Hall Barnsley; bought by National Trust from Mrs Phyllis Pilkington neé Pickering sister of Evelyn de Morgan from Lanhydrock since January 1998 exhibition history credit line accession number 1288981 place of creation 128351 1288981 the-gentle-music-of-a-bygone-day PD-old-auto-1923 1908 John Roddam Spencer Stanhope William Morris Middle Ages in art Females with lutes in art Females reading in art Flower crowns in art 1873 paintings 19th-century oil on canvas paintings National Trust paintings Wightwick Manor | ||||
