Panoramic View of Douglas Bay
Date made: 1837
Description: "Convivial societies, assemblies, and card parties, are now frequent among the higher circles of Douglas. Whist is their favourite game; and they seldom play high. Among the inferior classes gaming is far more pernicious. Inebriation is here its constant attendant. The taverns are nightly filled with tradesmen, who on the chance of a card, a die or a billiard ball, will hazard their last farthing.” (David Robertson, A Tour Through The Isle of Man, 1794, M 01360)
Painting by R.H. Froude, father of the historian James Anthony Froude (1818-1894) & Richard Hurrell Frowde divine (1803-1836).
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Measurements: 9.5cm x 32cm
Materials: paper : watercolour & pencil
Object name: painting
Collection: Art Collection
ID number: 1954-3946