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Object name(s):
watercolour on paper; drawing; Exeter as seen from the Canal Basin; Exeter as seen from the Canal Basin
Brief description:
The Canal, first constructed in the 1560s, was enlarged over the centuries. By the 1830s the Basin was at its most developed, when large warehouses were built along the quayside. In the centre, to the left of the Cathedral, are the buildings of Colleton Crescent, built between 1802 and 1814. To the left of the Cathedral is St Michael’s church, completed in 1867 and on the far right, the new St Leonard’s Church, completed two years before this watercolour. This object is not on display. Inscription bottom right signed & dated Arthur Shelley 1886
Collection:
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Associated concept:
Agriculture
Current location:
Not on display
Dimension:
actual H 709 mm
Dimension:
actual length 1194 mm
Dimension:
frame H 1006 mm
Dimension:
frame length 1488 mm
Object name:
watercolour on paper; drawing; Exeter as seen from the Canal Basin; Exeter as seen from the Canal Basin
Object number:
135/1973
Object production date:
1886
Date - period:
Victorian (1837-1901)
Object production person:
Arthur Shelley 1841-1902 (artist)
Object production place:
Torquay
Object production place:
Devon
Object production place:
United Kingdom: England
Object production place:
Northern Europe
Object production place:
Europe
Reproduction number:
135-1973-shot1.jpg
Responsible department/section:
Fine Art
Responsible department/section:
Drawings
Use title:
Exeter’s Fine Art Collection - Quay Views - Exeter Canal and the Exe. Exhibition 2015

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/878eda96-2ca4-3888-806a-7291efcf2740

Use licence for this record: CC 0

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/878eda96-2ca4-3888-806a-7291efcf2740, Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, CC 0

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