Clare College, Cambridge seen from King's Bridge
Joseph Murray Ince (Presteigne 1806 – Presteigne 1859)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1851 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on board
Measurements
241 x 343 mm
Place of origin
Cambridge
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 515529
Summary
Oil painting on board, Clare College, Cambridge, from King's Bridge by Joseph Murray Ince (Presteigne 1806 – Presteigne 1859), signed, lower right: J.M. Ince 1851 River Cam with Clare bridge on left, Clare College on right and figures walking on river bank. Clare College was founded in 1326 by Chancellor of Cambridge University, later re-founded and re-endowed by Lady Elizabeth de Clare, grand-daughter of Edward I. Lady Elizabeth's ancester Richard de Clare had acquired the patronage of the priory of Anglesey Abbey in C12 and she was a generous benefactor giving to the priory the manor of Lakenheath, rents of the lands in Bottisham, Swaffham Bulbeck and Horningsea, and lands in Great and Little Walsingham.
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
Verso: Label on back 'Clare Hall and Bridge from King's Bridge. Painted by J.M. Ince, 12 King's Parade, Cambridge'.
Makers and roles
Joseph Murray Ince (Presteigne 1806 – Presteigne 1859), artist