Exeter, near St Mary Steps

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
52/1965/1
Category
Fine Art
Collection Class
Drawings
Medium
watercolour on paper
Common Name
Exeter, near St Mary Steps
Simple Name
drawing
Inscription Transcription
This is a sketch by my cousin Alfred Beer Glass Painter of 41 Bartholomew St Exeter His Father Robert Beer commenced business as a Glass painter at Teignmouth corner of Brook St and Myrtle Hill and later left Okehampton St for 41 Bartholomew St where he died in 1850. His son Alfred died about 1866. F Drake. (with street map sketch) x marks where Alfred Beer was born, the house is now the “Sebastople Inn”.
Period Classification
Victorian (1837-1901)
Production Country
United Kingdom: England
Production Person Initials
Alfred
Production Person Surname
Beer
Production Year Low
1850
Production Year High
1860

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Exeter, near St Mary Steps