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Prior Park, Bath ablaze 1836

Prior Park, Bath ablaze 1836

Image Reference: 11715
Artist/Photographer: Woodroffe, Ann; Gibbs, S.
Image Date: 1836
Measurements: 25.5 x 33 cm
Medium: print
Collection: Loose prints
Library Reference: Box B E11a
Images of Bath ref.: 402
Credit: Bath & North East Somerset Council
Library: Bath Record Office : Archives & Local Studies

Description: As it appeared during the Conflagration on Monday Evening 30th May 1836. View from the gardens to the north with a crowd gathering below the mansion, the west portion of which is ablaze. Figures can be seen climbing down a stepladder against the east wall. It was repaired using fittings from the remains of Hunstrete House near Marksbury. The mansion would again catch fire in 1991. As quoted from the Bath Journal, 4th July 1836 'Just published. Decidedly the best view of the Conflagrations at Prior Park on Monday evening 30th May 1836'. Drawn by Woodroff & lithographed by a London artist. 1s 6d plain; 3s coloured.
Published by S. Gibbs, 5, Union Street, Bath. Printed by Lefevre & Hohler, Newman St., London. See Image Ref. 41807.

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