Exeter Cathedral and Cathedral Yard

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Hubert Cornish was a lawyer from Devon, who also became an accomplished painter of landscapes in watercolour. Most of his work was inspired by rural and coastal scenes in Devon. Cornish travelled through England and Wales and painted landscapes in Somerset, Denbighshire (north-east Wales) and the Lake District. He may be the Hubert Cornish who died at about the age of 55 at his seat at Black Hall, in Devon, in 1832.

Places

England, Exeter, Exeter Cathedral, Devon

Subjects

topography, townscape/cityscape, tree, man, fence, church, cathedral, church windows, cobbles, courtyard, tracery, tower

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), watercolour (as artists materials), pencil, watercolour (as object name)

Artist

Hubert Cornish (c1770 - 1832)

Title

Exeter Cathedral and Cathedral Yard

Date

Medium

Watercolour and pencil on paper

Dimensions

height: 41.50 cm, width: 45.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Appleby Bros, April 1973

GAC number

10470