HEXAB3029 Click on Thumbnail for 2 photos |
Mercers' door |
print | flat art |
paper |
Mercers' (Old North) Door. Removed 1869 HEXAB3029. Moulded oak frame, gilt fillet beneath glass 404 × 300.This drawing is a reconstruction by Charles Hodges who relied on early images, discarded fragments of the doorway, and the memory of parishioners.
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Signed bottom right: ‘Drawn from the Remains | by Charles C Hodges’ |
Mounted; Frame moulded wood gilt fillet; Spacer gilt beneath glass |
HEXHAM ABBEY. | THE OLD NORTH DOOR | ERECTED BY THE MERCERS COMPANY | REMOVED 1869. |
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C C Hodges |
c1900 |
A simpler version on p.13 of his 1888 monograph has “… Drawn from the Fragments Re- | maining and photos …” 2005: in the Treasury 13th April. Pre-2015 in Parish Centre GF west under-stair cupboard |
H 330 | W 220 | Frame H 403 | W 300 |
In storage |
HAR: fn.8 p.49, Fig.34 p.50 |