A Bird’s Eye View of Wynards Hospital, Exeter
This watercolour by architect and amateur artist Edward Ashworth shows Wynard’s Hospital on Magdalen Street. Wynard’s was founded as almshouses for the poor and infirm of Exeter in 1435. They continued to house the poor until 1973 when they became council offices, today they have been converted to private housing.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 215/1970
- Category
- Fine Art
- Collection Class
- Drawings
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Common Name
- A Bird’s Eye View of Wynards Hospital, Exeter
- Simple Name
- drawing
- Inscription Transcription
- Edward Ashworth 1880; Amateur Art exhibition bird’s eye view of Wynards Alms Houses Exeter newly roofed and repaired 1880 Edward Ashworth
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production Town
- Colleton
- Production County
- Devon
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Date
- 1880
- Production Person Initials
- Edward
- Production Person Surname
- Ashworth
- Production Year Low
- Production Year High
