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| Black Swan, Carlisle | ||
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| Black Swan | ||
| locality:- | Carlisle | |
| civil parish:- | Carlisle (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | inn | |
| coordinates:- | NY39985594 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3955 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY35 | |
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| evidence:- | old drawing:- placename:- Black Swan |
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| source data:- | Drawing, From the Black Swan Yard, Carlisle, Cumberland, by Matthew Ellis Nutter,
1835? click to enlargePR1218.jpg Detailed sketch of the walled yard adjoining a tall sandstone building to right of composition and a stable block to left in the cathedral close. A dripping pump stands beside a trough to right hand side of yard and a large barrel stands in opposite corner. The cathedral rises above the far wall, in centre of composition. (reverse) light sketch of a coat of arms. inscribed at bottom left:- "From the Black Swan Yard" item:- Tullie House Museum : 1978.108.75.11 Image © Tullie House Museum |
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| evidence:- | old painting:- placename:- Black Swan item:- pump |
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| source data:- | Painting, watercolour, Carlisle Cathedral, East Window from the Black Swan Yard, Carlisle,
Cumberland, by William Henry Nutter, 1835. click to enlargePR1153.jpg A man hitches a white horse to a cart in the walled yard adjoining a tall sandstone building to right of composition and a stable block to left. He converses with a woman seated on the stone trough beside a water pump to right hand side of yard; her face is hidden by her poke bonnet. A basket partially covered with a cloth lies nearby. The cathedral rises above the far wall, in centre of composition. signed &dated at bottom left:- "Wm H Nutter 1835" inscribed at reverse:- "Carlisle Cathedral, East Window from the Black Swan Yard WH Nutter 1835" item:- Tullie House Museum : 1974.60.1 Image © Tullie House Museum |
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