Percy Thornton's House

Oil painting by M. O'Driscoll depicting Percy Thornton's House. 1904.

View of a cottage with whitewashed walls on left with a flower garden and a trees in the foreground, the bigger one having a seat around it. Fields and trees can be seen in the distance beyond the garden fence on the right.

The house belonged to Percy Melville Thornton (1841–1918), a British Conservative MP, author, and sportsman. Thornton was a prominent figure in Putney, known for his contributions to politics, literature, and athletics. He served as MP for Clapham from 1892 to 1910 and was also Honorary Secretary of Middlesex County Cricket Club.