Bowled over by Singer Sargent - National Trust secures painting of Ightham Mote
In 1889, the artist John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) visited the 14th century manor house Ightham Mote in Kent and painted a picture of its occupants playing a game of bowls.
The property at the time was being rented by Mary Lincoln ‘Queen’ Palmer, the wife of American rai…