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Hexham Abbey from Market Place
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Hexham Abbey from Market Place
HEXAB3003
Watercolour painting by Paul Braddon
No date; the scene depicted must be pre-1860 because it shows the eastern chapels soon to be removed and the east front soon to be replaced by a ‘restoration’ in imitation of Whitby Abbey under the supervision of John Dobson, Architect.
The picture is not a brilliant work of art but it is a valuable record of the appearance of the Abbey at a time when great changes were about to be made.
BUT it is necessary to be careful: Paul Braddon (1864–1938) was too young to make such a picture unless he was copying another or recreating a scene (which he sometimes did).
Not sophisticated, but a clear view. Pant and W end of Shambles, and stalls with striped awning. Some of hoses have been removed exposing three northerly of five chapels (removed by Dobson in c1860). Old East Window still in place (also rebuilt by Dobson). Women selling vegetables from baskets. Houses at SW corner still in place therefore prior to making of Beaumont St. Thirteen figures.
Scene depicted is pre-1860. Now that we know more about Paul Braddon (who was born too late to have painted this c1860) it is clear that this must be an historic reconstruction painted by Braddon much later in the 19thC.
gold card mount; backing three boards in poor shape; gilt frame simple rococo mould Framing label torn in two – large part detached.
Paul Braddon
Framed by J. Glasstone, 55 New Bridge St, Newcastle upon Tyne, Telephone No.92
late 19th cent
pre-2015 in Parish Centre 1st floor west, south wall
“The Abbey has recently been given a painting, by Mr Tony Johnson of Scarborough in memory of his uncle Revd Christopher Henry Binks Barker (1904–1987), sometime Rector of Yarm-on-Tees, and grandson of The Revd Canon Henry Christopher Barker (1818–1899), Rector and Lecturer of Hexham Abbey 1862–1898.” [Abbey News & Views October 2007 Issue No 77 page 14 & November 2007 Issue No 78 page 13]
Picture 380 × 270 | Frame 685 × 560
In storage
HAR: cover & p.ii



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