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Description: | Colour aquatint . This view of the High Street in the city of Bath shows a carriage outside the White Lion Inn and Tavern, to the left of the composition. Next to the tavern is the town hall (now the Guildhall), which has a columned portico surmounted by a statue representing Justice. The shops on the opposite side of the street cast a shadow over the road, which is occupied by several people, including two women with a parasol, a man on horseback and a sedan chair. At end of the street the Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (or Bath Abbey) can be seen. A terrace of houses seen here in front of the Abbey was demolished in the 19th century.
‘The Town Hall at Bath’ is one of a set of four views of Bath drawn by Thomas Malton junior. The other three plates in the series are titled: ‘The North Parade at Bath’, ‘The New Rooms at Bath’ and ‘The New Bridge at Bath’. The original watercolour for this print is now in the collection at the Victoria Art Gallery in Bath. The Gallery stands on the site formerly occupied by the rear yard of the White Lion Inn and Tavern. | Subjects: | sedan chair church carriage horse street government building horseback tower topography flag 18th century costume woman dress parasol cathedral dog boy townscape/cityscape Victorian genre man abbey pavement | Temporal: | 1779 | Source: | Government Art Collection | Creator: | Thomas Malton jnr | Identifier: | http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/work.aspx?... | Go to resource |
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