Drawings Glass roundel from Newcastle upon Tyne
Object number
LDSAL2020.1.142
Artist/Designer/Maker
Bell, John - Artist
Production date
1846
Production place
Newcastle upon Tyne
Material
paper
ink
pen
Wash
ink
pen
Wash
Technique
Drawing
Dimensions
Height: 447mm
Width: 544mm
Width: 544mm
Inscriptions
Inscription content
Arch. Rem. 75
Inscription content
old no. (142)
Inscription content
Facsimile of a Pane of Coloured Glass formerly in the Window of the Roman Catholic Chapel at Newcastle upon Tyne, now in the Collection of John Bell Gateshead 1846.
Inscription content
In 1797, the Body of Roman Catholics at Newcastle upon Tyne, wishful of having a larger Chapel, Sold their Priests House, Chapel and Premises to Mr. John Bell, Landsurveyor, (my father) the front House of which property had been the Town Residence of the Radclyffe Family of Dilston Northumberland, Earls of Darwentwater [sic], to which the Chapel was attached, and in the window of a small room adjoining were several panes of Coloured Glass with the Armorial [sic] Ensigns of the Radclyffes, and their alliances, which I took out, and amongst others the above pane
J Bell
Landsurveyor Gateshead,
July 1st 1846
J Bell
Landsurveyor Gateshead,
July 1st 1846
Inscription content
Presented by J. Bell Esqre.