The Great Court of Trinity College, Cambridge
Joseph Murray Ince (Presteigne 1806 – Presteigne 1859)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1848
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
345 x 515 mm
Place of origin
Cambridge
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 515482
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Great Court of Trinity College, Cambridge, 1848 by Joseph Murray Ince (Presteigne 1806 – Presteigne 1859), 1848. The view is taken in the Great Court at Trinity College, facing north. In the middle of the courtyard is the Fountain, behind which is seen the sundial and King Edward III’s (clock) Tower. The Chapel is on the right. The gateway on the extreme right of the painting is The Great Gate. The building dominating the left side is the Hall, next to which (opposite the Great Gate) is the Master’s Lodge. There are groups of dons, one of whom is showing round two female visitors; a college gardener is mowing the lawn and there are ducks on the lawn.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.
Credit line
Anglesey Abbey, The Fairhaven Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Joseph Murray Ince (Presteigne 1806 – Presteigne 1859), artist