George Shepherd (1784-1862) [Aw628]
ST PETER’S STREET
Watercolour; inscribed below: House in Peter Street built for the Duchess of Portsmouth. This that remains is little more than one half of the original, the door being the centre. The other part was taken down by Mr Jejsett who kept the George Inn. It was then occupied by Mr. Strachan. (H. 14.5cm, W. 20.5cm)
Provenance: Commissioned by Sir Gregory Osborne Page Turner (1785-1843); bound into Volume 2, part 3 (p. 96) of Winchester Illustrated (three volumes on the history of Winchester, mostly extracted from works by John Milner, John Britton, and Rudolph Ackermann), 1820s; Winchester Illustrated purchased by Winchester College, 1954