St Peter's College (Peterhouse), Cambridge
Richard Bankes Harraden (1778 - Cambridge 1862)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1825 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
451 x 641 mm. (17 3/4 x 25 1/4 in)
Place of origin
Cambridge
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 515831
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, St Peter's College (Peterhouse), Cambridge by Richard Bankes Harraden (1778 - Cambridge 1862), signed and dated: R.B.Harraden pinxit 1825. Trumpington Street with Peterhouse or St Peter’s College on the left, the Peterhouse Chapel. On the left of the chapel is the library and on the right is the Fellows’ Building. Distant view up the street, with figures in gowns walking on the pavements and a small carriage being driven on the left. eterhouse or more properly St Peter’s College is the oldest college in Cambridge and was founded by Hugh of Balsham, Bishop of Ely in 1281. The chapel is an attractive example of Laudian Gothic (1628-1632) which is connected with the main buildings by galleries (1709-11). On the right of the chapel is the Fellows’ Building by Burrough (1738-1742) and on the left are the Library (around 1590 extended 1633) and the Hall much altered in 1868-1871 but substantially the original hall of around 1290.
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)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: Lower right: Signed and dated: R.B.Harraden pinxit 1825 Verso: Back of stretcher: Inscribed and signed: St Peter’s College Cambridge / R.B.Harraden Pinxt 1825 Verso: Label: Lalonde Bros and Parham’s Depository
Makers and roles
Richard Bankes Harraden (1778 - Cambridge 1862), artist