‘Fierce Feathers’, ambulance trains and surrealism
Simon Colbeck writes about his research on the Penrose family
Oxhey Grange, near Watford, was the home of James Doyle Penrose, the artist of two familiar Quaker paintings: The Presence in the Midst and None Shall Make them Afraid (perhaps better known as ‘Fierce Feathers’). His wife Elizabeth Josephine was the daughter of a wealthy Quaker banker, Alexander Peckover of Wisbech, who had been a generous benefactor of Leighton Park School.
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