View of the City of Bristol
Printmaker:
Haghe, Louis
Publisher:
Davey and Muskett
Painter:
Rowbotham, Thomas Charles Leeson
(After)
Bequeathed by Spencer George Perceval, 1923
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1923) by Perceval, Spencer George
Inscription on bottom "T. L. Rowbotham delt." and "Drawn on Stone by L Haghe." and "Published by Davey and Muskett, Booksellers Broad St. Bristol, and sold by Charles Tilt, Fleet St. London, & all other Booksellers." and "Day & Haghe Lithrs. to the King, 17 Gate St. London." and "View of the city of Bristol / As it appeared from Pile Hill during the dreadful riots on the night of Sunday October 30th 1831, when the New Prison and Two Toll Houses seen on the left of the Picture ; the Bishop Palace near the Cathedralin the centre The Mansion House, Custom House, Excise Office, and nearly Fifty Dwelling and Ware House in Queen Square and Streets adjacent occupying the distance beyond Redcliff Church on the right (exclusive of the Bridewell and Lawfords Gate Prisons, which do not fall within the limits of the Picture) were plundered and burnt, and Property to the amount of nearly One Hundred Thousand Pounds sterling totally destroyed."
Accession number: P.14041-R
Primary reference Number: 205784
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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