Bishop's Court from 1784 to 1813
Date made: n.d.
Artist: unknown artist
Description: "About a mile from Kirk Michael stands the episcopal residence. It is pleasantly situated, shaded by a grove of trees; and a beautiful stream, which passes through an old fashioned but pretty garden, turns a corn mill which serves for the use of the Bishop’s family, and for the surrounding neighbours." (Nathaniel Jefferys, A Descriptive and Historical Account of the Isle of Man, 1809, M 00904)
A pencil sketch from the sketchbook of Sarah Jametta Crigan (Mrs Hodgkinson), the daughter of Claudius Crigan (Bishop of Sodor and Man 1784-1813) and author of 'Memoirs of Major Charles Crigan' (her brother) Liverpool, 1864. Unsigned. By the same hand as the work ref. 1959-0334/7. Perhaps copied about 1825 from a pre-1814 watercolour, this drawing seems to be the original from which the unique litho of 'Bishopscourt in 1813' was done. The style much resembles that of Lady Sarah Murray's lithos.
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Measurements: 18cm x 27cm
Materials: pencil on paper
Object name: sketch
Collection: Art Collection
ID number: 1959-0334/9