The Daye House, Wilton Park from near the entrance gates
1942
By Rex Whistler
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated 21 June 1942. The opposite view to the Entrance Gates, Edith Olivier looking towards the artist whose American car is parked in the shade. When Rex Whistler’s battalion left Wiltshire he left two car-loads of his possessions at the Daye House and gave Edith his petrol coupons.
