A Regency Period English School Ink on Plaster; ‘Long Live Phil Davies. Cooke Esqr 11th August 1814’ sub-Mirrors & Lighting The very vale with awe

The very vale with awe

which made up the first of the tableaux for which he became well known

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or vice versa for portrait

with late 19th Century additions and is constructed predominantly of limestone ashlar under a Welsh slate hipped roof

A Regency Period English School Ink on Plaster; ‘Long Live Phil Davies. Cooke Esqr 11th August 1814’ sub-Mirrors & Lighting The very vale with aweaOrigin: English Period: Regency Provenance: Gwysaney Hall, North Wales Date: c. 1814 Width: 19 Height: 24 Depth: 1. 5 The unique ink on plaster under protective film, being unsigned, with an ode hand inscribed reading; If any one ask by whom were this done Name a poor Under Gardener, John Richardson, He did it by Charles Strong Bronning's desire To show the birth day of our noble young Squire So long as a letter sticks to this old plaster And you