Robert B. Farren
1832-1912
Cathedral Cities of Ely and Norwich
Water-Gate, Norwich. R. Farren 1881.
The ancient ruins of the Watergate to the city of Norwich is delineated with a fine tiled roof gate house and boat housed on either side of the Wensum river. Two figures in conversation by a shallow draft skiff in the foreground. The soaring, later gothic, spire of Norwich minster's 12th. cent. Cathedral is seen in the background and is visible for miles across much of Norfolk.
Etching on hand-made laid paper Plate size: 9 x 11 1/4" (22.7 x 28.6 cm)
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A number of other examples of these exquisite architectural detail etchings of two of Britain's great Norman minsters are available at prices below $250
Published in Cathedral Cities of Ely & Norwich Drawn by R. Farren with introduction by Edward A. Freeman D.C.L. Published by MacMillan & Bowes, Cambridge 1883.
Robert Farren (1832-1910) was a figure painter, etcher and illustrator; born in Cambridge where he spent most of his life. He exhibited paintings at the Royal Academy from 1872 to 1889. He was known for his finely rendered etchings and picturesque views of the Cathedral cities of Ely, Norwich, Cambridge and Peterborough and illustrations for Life in the Jurassic sea ' Duria Antiquior' He also worked in the Geological MuseumHe married a Miss Mason by whom he had 14 children, two of his daughters becoming painters in their own rite.