Hereford - Butcher's Row by David Cox - Art Gallery postcard c.1960s

• Postcard

   

• Picture / Image:  Butcher's Row, Hereford by David Cox
• Publisher: Hereford Art Gallery c.1960s
• Postally used: no
• Stamp:  n/a
• Postmark(s): n/a
• Sent to:  n/.a
• Notes / condition: 

Please ask if you need any other information and I will do the best I can to answer.

Image may be low res for illustrative purposes - if you need a higher definition image then please contact me and I may be able to send one. No cards have been trimmed (unless stated).

------------------------------------------------

Postage & Packing:

Postage and packing charge should be showing for your location (contact if not sure).

No additional charges for more than one postcard. You can buy as many postcards from me as you like and you will just pay the fee above once. Please wait for combined invoice. (If buying postcards with other things such as books, please contact or wait for invoice before paying).

Payment Methods:

UK - PayPal, Cheque (from UK bank) or postal order

Outside UK: PayPal ONLY (unless otherwise stated) please.   NO non-UK currency checks or money orders (sorry).

NOTE: All postcards are sent in brand new stiffened envelopes which I have bought for the task. These are specially made to protect postcards and you may be able to re-use them. In addition there are other costs to sending so the above charge is not just for the stamp!

I will give a full refund if you are not fully satisfied with the postcard.

----------------------------------------------

Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

*************

The Old House is a distinctive black and white half-timbered house in High Town, Hereford, England, built in 1621, that is now a museum.^[1]

The Black and White House Museum is a well-preserved half-timbered Jacobean building in the centre of Hereford.^[1] It was built in 1621 as part of Butchers' Row. In 1816, other buildings on the row started to be demolished,^[2] and, now, Old House is the only remaining house in the original row. The house has been used by butchers, ironmongers, and bankers during its history.

The Old House was restored in 1882.^[3] New carvings were added in 1883 by Robert Clarke and the ground floor was altered in 1882-3 by Edward Henry Lingen Barker.^[4]

The Old House in Hereford (now called the Black and White House Museum features the Butchers Guild coat of arms)

The coat of arms above the front door is that of the Worshipful Company of Butchers even though Hereford is reported to have had its own butchers guild when the house was built.^[5]

The fireplace in the South East room came from another house in the city and is probably 15th century. The moulded frieze on the second floor is early 18th century. In a 1931 report the house was described as the "best preserved example of a timber framed house in the city".^[3]

The Old House became a Grade 1 listed building in 1952.^[6]

David Cox (29 April 1783 – 7 June 1859) was an English landscape painter, one of the most important members of the Birmingham School of landscape artists^[1] and an early precursor of Impressionism.^[2]

He is considered one of the greatest English landscape painters, and a major figure of the Golden age of English watercolour.^[3]

Although most popularly known for his works in watercolour, he also painted over 300 works in oil towards the end of his career,^[4] now considered "one of the greatest, but least recognised, achievements of any British painter."^[5]