The Bishop's Porch, Wells Cathedral
Noel Harry Leaver (Austwick 1889 – 1951)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1927 (label on reverse)
Materials
Watercolour on paper
Measurements
203 x 267 mm (8 x 10 1/2 in)
Place of origin
Wells
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 23285
Summary
Watercolour on paper, The Bishop's Porch, Wells Cathedral by Noel Harry Leaver (Austwick 1889 – 1951), 1927. In a moulded gilt frame with cream and gilt double mount of Wells Cathedral and the Bishop's Porch.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: The mount is signed bottom right; / NOEL. H. LEAVER /. On the reverse are three paper labels. Top left a piece of masking tape is printed in blue Biro with; / TOWER ROOM /. Bottom centre a paper label reads; / FROST and REED / BRISTOL / CLARE ST. / LONDON / 26 KING STREET / ST. JAMES. SW1 / FINE ART PUBLISHERS, PICTURE REPARATION / No 876 Date 11 12 28. /. Bottom left a white paper label handwritten in black ink reads; Wells. Somerset / by Noel H. Heaver. / 1927. /.
Makers and roles
Noel Harry Leaver (Austwick 1889 – 1951), artist