Description:
Marjorie Christine Bates (fl. 1910-1934)
Leycester Hospital, Warwick
Ink on paper
175mm x 125mm
The painting depicts a view of the timber framed buildings of Leycester's Hospital, Warwick. The Earl of Leicester founded the hospital in 1571 after taking over the combined guilds of Holy Trinity and St George. It was built in the fourteenth century and was possibly rebuilt in the late fifteenth century.