The Gateway at Erwarton Hall, Suffolk
The Gateway at Erwarton Hall, Suffolk
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THOMAS HEARNE
Brinkworth 1744-1817 London
The Gateway at Erwarton Hall, Suffolk
Inscribed verso: Arewarden Suffolk/July 1799
Grey washes over pencil
154 x 239 mm., 6 x 9 ¼ in.
Provenance:
With Spinks, November 1980;
Private Collection until 2014
Erwarton Hall is on the Shotley peninsula, nine miles south of Ipswich. The Hall was rebuilt in 1575 and the tunnel vaulted gateway, which still exists today, from 1549. Before the rebuilding, the house belonged to Anne Boleyn's uncle and she is supposed to have been a regular visitor. The estuary of the river Stour is beyond with the old town and church of Harwich in the distance.