SPICERS HALL, BRISTOL 1890 Francis Thomas Dollman LITHOGRAPH #55

Original 1890 lithograph titled SPICERS HALL, BRISTOL. Details of the Entrance Doorway.

Spicer's Hall on Welsh Back, by Bristol Bridge, was the home of a medieval merchant. Richard Spicer was MP for Bristol in 1355 and three times Mayor, and he bequeathed his home to the Mayor and Corporation of Bristol in 1377. A later occupant was Robert Sturmy, a merchant who in 1457 had tried to break Italian control over the Mediterranean trade. From 1459 it was used to store goods imported into the city by non-Bristolians, prior to their sale.

Drawn by Francis Thomas Dollman (1812 - 1899). Francis Thomas Dollman was articled to Augustus Charles Pugin from 1827 to 1832. He was renowned for his skill as a draughtsman and assisted Pugin with the plates for ''Examples of Gothic Architecture'. In 1833 he then moved to the office of George Basevi where he remained for twelve years until Basevi’s death in 1845. He commenced independent practice in London in 1846, and was best known for his books, which followed the Pugin format, beginning with 'Examples of Ancient Pulpits in England', 1848. He was elected ARIBA on 4 January 1846 with the influential backing of G G Scott, Benjamin Ferrey, Sydney Smirke and C C Nelson, and was librarian of the RIBA from 1863 to 1886. He was briefly in partnership with William Taprell Allen, from February 1874 to December 1878.

Lithograph from a disbound copy of ‘An Analysis of Ancient Domestic Architecture’ by F.T. Dollman & J.R. Robbins. Published by B.T. Batsford, 52 High Holborn, London, 1890.

Overall size 12 inch x 9 1/4 inch

The Lithograph is in very good condition. Reverse side blank.