Patrick Downie (1854-1945)
Old Houses, Exeter
Medium: Oil on artists board
Size without frame: 9.2" x 6.2"
Size including frame: 15.7" x 12.7"
SOLD
An interesting historical view of Exeter by this well respected Scottish artist. Not “Old Molls Coffee House” as described on the old gallery labels on the reverse but likely to be a nearby lane then populated with timber-framed, oriel-windowed houses and taverns – as inscribed verso by the artist as “A bit of old Exeter.” The vast majority of these medieval and post-medieval timber-frame houses, which had survived in Exeter into the 20th century, were demolished in 1920’s clearances.
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