The Gateway, South Front, Speke Hall, Lancashire
George Nicholson
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1820
Materials
Paper
Measurements
390 mm (H)260 mm (W)
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Speke Hall, Merseyside
NT 1195707.3
Summary
Pencil on paper, The Gateway, South Front, Speke Hall, Lancashire by George Nicholson. Sketch of the sandstone gateway now positioned on the south front, Speke Hall. Arched doorway flanked by fluted columns and surmounted by three roundels above 'E N:1605: M.N' inscription. Additional detailed sketches of crest below. One of a series of drawings.
Marks and inscriptions
Sketched from Mature by G.Nicholson Liverpool this device of crest and initials are five times repeated on a very high window in the Great Hall. (in pencil.)
Makers and roles
George Nicholson, artist