St.Seurin, Bordeaux, France
Peregrine Langton-Massingberd (1780 - 1856)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
Measurements
420 x 295 mm
Order this imageCollection
Gunby Hall Estate, Lincolnshire
NT 636863
Summary
Monochrome watercolour and wash by P.L.Massingberd of St.Seurin,Bordeaux. Perspective view of the arcaded successions of spaces leading to the great dog-toothed arch before the altar at the medieval monastry of St.Seurin. A figure seated centre foreground right.Legible on floor slab centrally-'Death Eternal Sleep,AN2'. Hogarth frame. Mount inscribed, 'St.Seurin,Bordeaux by P.Massingberd.'
Provenance
1944, gifted to the National Trust by Field Marshal Sir Archibald and Lady Montgomery Massingberd.
Makers and roles
Peregrine Langton-Massingberd (1780 - 1856), artist