The Church of St Mary Steps, Exeter
Oil on canvas townscape ‘The Church of St Mary Steps, Exeter’, c.1886. In an extract from a letter by G. B. Saunders dated March 1928, it states: “To the best part of my recollection the picture in question was painted by my Father about 1870, after he had completed the painting of the figures on the screen in St Mary Steps church. My two brothers and I were in the choir ... My Father, George Beare Saunders was a pupil of Mogford Esq”. The painting depicts the church of St Mary Steps with old residential town buildings surrounding it. The church is one of the oldest in Exeter, dating back to the medieval period.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 15/1928
- Category
- Fine Art
- Collection Class
- Paintings
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Common Name
- The Church of St Mary Steps, Exeter
- Simple Name
- painting
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England; England
- Production Date
- c 1886
- Production Person Initials
- Karl; George, after
- Production Person Surname
- Fischer; Saunders
- Production Year Low
- 1885
- Production Year High
- 1887
