A View from Haughmond Hill, looking over the Town of Shrewsbury & A View from Broom Hall looking East from the Centre of Shrewsbury

attributed to John Bowen (active 1740s)

Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery (Rowley's House)

1754

The first large painting shows a view from Haughmond HilI including Queen Eleanor's Bower in the foreground. The village of Uffington is seen to the right and the town of Shrewsbury can be seen beyond the River Severn, with Broom Hall clearly visible on the town walls. In the background is Long Mountain and Breidden Hill. The other painting depicts a view from Broom Hall including a view of Council House Chambers and the Terrace leading down to the River Severn in the foreground. In the middle distance we can see Shrewsbury Abbey, the White Hall, and the Stone Bridge.

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 1) 299.7 x 411.4cm & 2) 299.7 x 365.7cm
• Art Fund Grant: £16330 ( Total: £50,000)
• ArtFunded in: 1987
• Vendor: Gavin Graham Gallery

Provenance

The Kynaston family, Hardwick Hall, Ellesmere.

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