The villages of
Stoke St. Mary, Thurlbear and Orchard Portman, Somerset, England.

Description

Stoke St. Mary, from the North-East, 1846, from a Water-Colour by S. G. Tovey.
Source: Dennis Parsons, March 2001.

The reverse of the 1837 photograph of the water-colour by J. Buckler contains notes by TWM, 20th December 1975 indicating that the water-colours of the church by (1) J. Buckler (1837) South-East view; (2) S. G. Tovey, (1846) Font; (3) S. G. Tovey, (1846) North-East view; and (4) W. W. Weatley, (c.1840) South-East view, together form part of The Piggot and Brakenridge Collection at Taunton Castle, and that the negatives from which these photographs are taken belong to The University of London, Courtald Institute of Art.
These four paintings can be viewed on the first line of the thumbnail gallery at the St. Mary's church gallery link at this web-site.

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