John Dinham
Dinham, an Exeter grocer and jeweller, is best known as the founder of the Free Cottages or Mount Dinham Almshouses on St. David’s Hill. His original foundation of sixteen cottages was later extended to over forty homes. He also gave the land upon which the church of St. Michael and All Angels was built at St. David’s Hill.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 1892
- Category
- Fine Art
- Collection Class
- Paintings
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Common Name
- John Dinham
- Simple Name
- painting
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production Town
- Exeter
- Production County
- Devon
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Date
- c 1855
- Production Person Initials
- Thomas
- Production Person Surname
- Mogford
- Production Year Low
- 1850
- Production Year High
- 1860
