Rushen Castle from Mrs Stowell's
Date made: 1st August 1868
Artist: Wilson, Mary Elinor
Description: "Just at the entrance of the castle is a great stone chair for the governor, and two lesser for the Deemsters: here they try all causes, except ecclesiastical, which are entirely under the decision of the Bishop." (Francis Grose, The Antiquities of England and Wales, 1773-1777, M 02523)
A pencil sketch from the sketchbook of Mary Elinor Wilson, daughter of Reverend Edward Wilson (the first headmaster of King William's College). A note accompanying the sketchbook states: "Mary Elinor Wilson went on tour to Switzerland and Norway with Alice Temple Chevalier in 1854. Alice Temple Chevalier was the daughter of Temple Chevalier, Vicar of Esh near Durham and Professor of Astronomy and Hebrew at Durham University. One of his daughters married Stuart Pears, afterwards H.M. of Repton. Temple Chevalier was 3rd Wrangler and helped James Maurice Wilson [brother of Mary Elinor] during vacations from Cambridge by giving him a sound grounding in Astronomy. (signed A.T.W. 12.05.1927 from conversation with James Maurice Wilson, Archedeacon of Manchester)
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Measurements: 12cm x 19cm
Materials: pencil on paper
Object name: sketch book
Collection: Art Collection
ID number: 1954-6018/31