D202170 DERBY PLATE WITH VIEW 'NEAR DERBY'
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DERBY PLATE WITH TITLED SCENE 'NEAR DERBY' AND RED CROWN, CROSSED BATONS AND D FOR THE PERIOD 1800 - 1825. THE PLATE DATES MORE ACCURATELY TO c1810. CONDITION IS EXCELLENT WITH NO CHIPS, CRACKS, LOSSES OR RESTORATION. THE ARTIST (UNKNOWN) HAS PAINTED A VIEW LOOKING ACROSS THE RIVER DERWENT TOWARDS DERBY AND SHOWS DERBY CATHEDRAL IN THE DISTANCE. TO THE RIGHT OF DERBY CATHEDRAL THE ARTIST HAS SHOWN ST HELENS HOUSE WHICH, MANY YEARS LATER, HOUSED DERBY GRAMMER SCHOOL. HAVING ATTENDED DERBY GRAMMER SCHOOL FOR FIVE YEARS AT ST HELENS HOUSE SOME 150 YEARS AFTER THIS SCENE WAS PAINTED, THERE ARE SENTIMENTAL ATTACHMENTS TO THIS ITEM.
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