Copy of original Water Colour painted by Helen Allingham in 1896.
The cottage was at the time occupied by the local carrier "Duke" Symes - who was a local celebrity and would-be Dictator - hence the nickname "Duke" (see 'This Happy England' as painted by Helen Allingham, R.W.S., with descriptions by Marcus B. Huish, LLB. Published in 1903 by Adam & Charles Black, London).
Original picture was auctioned at Christies in 1981 for £3,000.