THE TWO FRAGMENTS OF A WOODEN GARDEN DOOR SHOT WITH HOLES

THE TWO FRAGMENTS OF A WOODEN GARDEN DOOR SHOT WITH HOLES, TRADITIONALLY BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN USED FOR TARGET PRACTICE BY LORD BYRON WHEN VISITING ANNESLEY PARK approximately 41 x 13cm or 8cm at widest part, mounted on red velvet in giltwood and composition box frame with carrying handle, and an easel (2)Provenance: By descent at Annesley Park Nottinghamshire to Major and Mrs R P Chaworth-Musters; their sale Henry Spencer & Sons on the premises at Annesley Park, March 20-22 1973, lot 241,"Two fragments of a garden door; formerly situated in the Terrace Wall and reputed to have been used for target practice by Lord Byron when visiting Annesley Park; mounted behind glass", when acquired by the present vendor.Illustrated: Barber (T G), Byron and Where he is Buried, Hucknall 1939, p64.