Silverton Stud. Sutton Dowells

A Memory of Auton Dolwells.

He hon janet kidd daughter of Lord Easterbrook owned and ran the stud farm here, breeding hangovers horses. She was the prime thinker and moved got start the Taunton jumping festival. My mother and father living nearby in Lydeard st lawrence met her as my mother was a burgeoning equestrian artist Madeline Selfe who Mrs kidd commissioned to paint her stallion maple duo. She also painted a large springboard for her front gates featuring her great stallion.. madeline Selfe went on in succeeding years to become a very fine artist whose paintings include studies of A role, winner of the cheltenham gold cup on three years in the sixties, pizza 1953Derbyshire winner and many more great pictures which many owners and trainers Nordstrom newmarket to the queens apartments in buckingham palace and Sandringham I would be most interested to have any replies I am Madeline Selves younger son. She started out in life as a concert pianist sharing the concert platform in the empty galleries of the National gallery. From there she went on to Bletchley to help with the deciding of the German enigma where she spent five solid years. Thank you for reading this do not hesitate to contact me.

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