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Eccles Church, Norfolk, on the night of the gale (drawing)

Image © Norfolk Museums Service (Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery) | CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0

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Date

30 March 1870?

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Collection

Norfolk Museums Service

Image Link

https://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/collections/collections-object-page?id=NWHCM%20%3A%201969.719

Description

Drawing, 'Eccles Church Norfolk on the night of the gale', unattributed, watercolour on paper, 30 Mar 1870 query; 14 cm x 21.5 cm; inscription bottom centre dated 'Sketch (?) of Eccles by moonlight / March 30th / 70'; inscription on reverse dated 'Eccles Church on the night of 19th October 1869 / Ghostly and sad in the Saffron light / of the high uprisen moon'
Credit: Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery

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CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0

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Image © Norfolk Museums Service (Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery)

Location

St. Mary's Church, Eccles-on-Sea, Norfolk, England

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Religious Buildings

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Buildings & Architecture

TWW Comment

The village of Eccles was threatened by the sea from as early as the 16th century. The abandoned St Mary's church eventually collapsed in 1895 leaving just the tower standing.

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