Samuel Bough R.S.A. 1822-1878

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Description

Samuel Bough, R.S.A.
the inn at hanham ferry near bristol
signed, dated and inscribed l.c.: Sam Bough/ 1872/ HANHAM FERRY/ NEAR BRISTOL
oil on canvas

Exhibited

Manchester, Royal Institution, 1874

Catalogue Note

The inn depicted in this view by Sam Bough is the seventeenth century hostelry The Lock and Weir on Ferry Road in the village of Hanham near Bristol. The inn is mentioned by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in his novel Michal Clark.