Original Title
Alternative Title: Norton Priory
Description
Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Inscription
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower center: "A. Norton Hall.... | B. The Large Sheet of water supplyd | from ye. Well CC. The farmhouse opposite | the great Grime. DD. The two pleasure woods | E. The fountain well supplying by | Pipes the Family at Norton & Bath | in the Wood............... | F. The strict Course of the Canal as limited by the act | G. The course of taking the | canal to ye Hempstones as 1st pro | pos\'d by ye act 2 Geo 2nd...which would | avoid the present alterations... | H. The tract the Duke is now aim | ing to go leading thro\' Sir Richard\'s | pleasure woods & Lawns & spring between | the fountain well, Hall & large sheet Well"; in graphite, lower right: "[...]ton Hall"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "Somerset (3)"
Descriptive Medium
Pen, black ink, brown ink, and gray wash on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Image Licence
Public Domain, Yale Center for British Art
Image Credit
image credit Yale Center for British Art
Location
Norton Priory Museum and Gardens, Runcorn, Cheshire, England
Country
England
Medium
Wash Drawing
Tags
Category
Landscapes & Seascapes
