A view of Finchale Priory on the River Wear

Details

George Arthur Fripp, R.W.S. (1813-1896)
A view of Finchale Priory on the River Wear
pencil, watercolour and gum arabic, heightened with bodycolour and with scratching out
13 5/8 x 19¾ in. (34.6 x 50.1 cm.)

Provenance

The Marquis de Santurce; Christie's, London, 7 April 1883, lot 26, as 'Bolton Abbey' (37 gns. to Roundell).

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Lot Essay

Finchale Priory lies on the banks of the river Wear four miles from Durham. It began as a hermitage founded by St Godric around 1115. After 1196, the hermitage became a Benedictine priory, dependent on Durham Cathedral. It was destroyed during the dissolution of the monasteries in the mid-16th century.

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