FB147: The North Parade, Bath
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| Museum number | FB147 |
| Title | The North Parade, Bath |
| Object type | In category: Pictures » Print » Engraving |
| Date | 1803 |
| People |
By Unknown - Artist(s) Unknown - Engraver(s) |
| Place of origin | Europe » Northern Europe » British Isles » Great Britain » England » London |
| Condition |
Good |
| Dimensions |
6.8 cm height image size 11.75 cm width image size 9.2 cm height plate size 13.2 cm width plate size 9.1 cm height page 15.6 cm width page |
| Materials & techniques |
In categories: Pictures: Medium » Ink Pictures: Medium » Paint » Watercolour Pictures: Support » Paper |
| Description |
Hand-coloured copper engraving torn from a small volume. View of North Parade from the West, with Lower Rooms on the extreme left. A Milliner's and Hosier's shop are visible on the corner of Pierrepont Street, the doorway to the milliner's surmounted by a sculpture of an Elizabethan lady. Men and women of fashion parading in pairs. A sedan chair is parked by the turning into Pierrepont Street. Hillside visible in the distance. |
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| Subject |
Townscape |
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| Notes | Hand-coloured copper engraving, Plate 5 from Phillips, Richard, A Guide to All the Watering and Sea-Bathing Places …, 1803 [see Images of Bath , reference below, for further details of edition and impression dates]. Although John Wood's Parade buildings are unchanged from Thomas Loggan's fan of 1749,the stone balustrade round the parade gardens has been replaced by railings. The shop windows have been enlarged. |
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| Literature |
James Lees-Milne, and David Ford Images of Bath, Richmond-upon-Thames, 1982: Cat. 616 |
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| Muse theme | Art and Culture in Georgian Bath 1714-1830 |
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| Muse chapter |
Art and Culture in Georgian Bath 1714-1830
Art and Culture in Georgian Bath 1714-1830 » Leisure » Shopping & Fashion Art and Culture in Georgian Bath 1714-1830 » Leisure » Parades and Pleasure Gardens |
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| Gallery Label |
Unknown Artist The North Parade, Bath Coloured Engraving, 1803 Bequest of Frank Brown, 2002 This hand-coloured copper engraving was an illustration to A Guide to All the Watering and Sea-Bathing Places published by Richard Phillips in 1803. It shows North Parade from the West, with the edge of the Lower Rooms visible on the extreme left, shortly before the building was destroyed by fire. A Milliner's and Hosier's shop are visible on the corner of Pierrepont Street, with a sedan chair parked nearby. North Parade was built by John Wood the Elder from 1740 to 1743, and quickly became a fashionable place for walks, being close to the Abbey, Lower Rooms and Pump Room, as well as being open to the river, the garden below the terrace, and the hills beyond to the East. FB147 28-6-2006 |
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| Places associated with the object |
Europe » Northern Europe » British Isles » Great Britain » England » Bath
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| Method of acquisition | Bequest |
