Original pencil drawing with the remains of Newminster Abbey, near Morpeth in Northumberland: the surviving arch of the cloister, half eaten by undergrowth and closed in by trees. Anonymous, with the title written in the right margin and mounted on card.
Original pencil drawing with the remains of Newminster Abbey, near Morpeth in Northumberland: the surviving arch of the cloister, half eaten by undergrowth and closed in by trees. Anonymous, with the title written in the right margin and mounted on card.
Newminster was a Cistercian abbey founded in 1138 as a daughter house of Fountains and dissolved by Henry VIII in 1537; of the whole complex barely more survives than the arches recorded in this drawing.
Medium: Original pencil drawing on paper.
Date: 19th century.
Dimensions: 9.3 x 10.9 in (23.7 x 27.8 cm).
Condition: Toned paper with some foxing and light creasing; mounted at the edges on old card.