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She was fascinated by the history of Lacock and in 1932 she held a pageant to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the foundation of the Abbey; she posed as Ela, the Countess of Salisbury. During the Second World War Maltilda had 85 evacuee children living and learning in Lacock. She never married, devoting herself to the house. In her memoirs she expressed the hope that Lacock might 'adapt itself to all the changes through which we are living, so as to preserve the spirit sympathetically enough to reach and touch contemporary thought'.
National Trust, Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum and Village
near Chippenham
Title
Cottages on Bowden Hill, Wiltshire
Date
c.1900
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 41 x W 56 cm
Accession number
996483
Acquisition method
bought by private treaty from Petronella Dittmer, Mrs Burnett-Brown, 2009
Work type
Painting
