Description
The old village of Biscot was absorbed into the town of Luton in the early 20th century and little survives today. Recorded in the Domesday Book, the manor of Biscot was sold to John Crawley in 1724 and remained in the Crawley family until the 20th century.
Fisher’s work was little known until a sale of 78 of his watercolours at Sotheby’s in 1980 brought him into the limelight. He was bought in Rochester, Kent where his father was a printer and bookseller. In 1786 he entered the India Office as a clerk and moved to Gloucester Terrace, Hoxton where he lived for most of his life. At India House, he met Henry Humphrey Goodhall, a geologist and antiquary from Bromham, Bedfordshire who alongside with the Rev. Thomas Orlebar Marsh encouraged Fisher to record the topography of Bedfordshire which had never been done before. He published two illustrated histories of the county and found a number of local patrons, including Sir Gregory Page-Turner, who owned the present watercolour, as well as the Duke of Bedford at Woburn.
Inscription
Inscribed on original border: Village of Biscot near Luton in Bedfordshire
Descriptive Medium
Watercolour over traces of pencil
Image Licence
All Rights Reserved
Image Credit
image © Guy Peppiatt Fine Art
Location
Biscot, Luton, Bedfordshire, England
Country
England
Tags
Category
Buildings & Architecture
