Panoramic View of Bath

Joseph William Allen (1803 - 1852)

The Building of Bath Collection

1833

The artist's viewpoint can be established as Lyncombe Hill, on the present site of 6 Carlton Road. The gabled house in the immediate centre foreground still stands, and is reputedly the house in which Alexander Pope stayed.

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 260 x 183 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £12000 ( Total: £48,000)
• ArtFunded in: 1990
• Vendor: Christopher Gibbs

Provenance

Sotheby's sale, 1988; Christopher Gibbs.

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