RHW96377
Copyright mgmt:
High Wycombe Library
Summary:
View of the Guildhall and Falcon inn looking from the north side of High St, outside the Little Market House. High Wycombe, c1840.
Photographer:
Place:
High Street area, High Wycombe (central), Bucks, Looking south westerly from the north side of the High St, outside the Little Market House.
Content Notes:
View of the Guildhall and Falcon inn looking from the north side of High St, outside the Little Market House. This sketch is the 23rd in a limited edition series made in 1925 by R G Brocklehurst. The overall streetscape is similar to an engraving from an original by Niemann, showing the Guildhall, High Street, High Wycombe in the 1840s. The view is similar to that shown in MHW08615 but with significant differences. At least three market stalls appear to be in the process of being set up, one of which is a hand-pulled barrow in the centre foreground, and another a horse-drawn carriage outside the Falcon inn.
Date:
about 1840
date of the street-scene shown is deduced from its similarity to a Niemann engraving shown in MHW08615
Names:
Inscriptions:
23/50 Guildhall, High Wycombe 1925; R G Brocklehurst [front]
Subjects:
Civic building, Streetscape
Objects:
Animal, Cart/carriage, Man, Pub/hotel/inn
Image Source:
General Notes:
Donated. Left at High Wycombe Library with no identification of donor.
Permission to use, or order a high resolution copy of this photograph
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