Bristol Docks with St Mary Redcliffe Church beyond
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1800 - 1829
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
240 x 336 mm
Place of origin
Bristol
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 515556
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Bristol Docks with St Mary Redcliffe Church beyond, British (English) School, early 19th century. Bristol Docks, shipping is anchored in the basin; church of St Mary Redcliffe seen in background, with Redcliffe Parade, the terrace on right. St Mary’s, Redcliffe: Queen Elizabeth I called it ‘the fairest, the goodliest and most famous parish church in England’. Replacing a 12th century church it was built in the Perpendicular style mainly between 1325 and 1375, the south side being older than the north, the tower is mid-13th century in its lower stages, early 14th century above. Letter, 6 June 1990, from Francis W. Greenacre curator of the City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery: ‘The View of St. Mary Redcliffe is quite sound topographically. The truncated spire was not to be rebuilt until the 1870s. The terrace on the right, Redcliffe Parade, was built in the 1770s.’ Maritime painting.
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
British (English) School, artist previously catalogued as attributed to Joseph Mallord William Turner, RA (London 1775 - Chelsea 1851), artist