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Accession No	2011.13.68
Name/Title	PAINTING; Southwest View of Chessington Church
Brief Description	This small water colour painting on heavy paper is rectangular with clipped corners. The painting depicts Chessington Church with a steeple on the left, a small yard in front with headstones and enclosed by a chain link fence and a wooden gate at left, with trees in the backgound. A woman dressed in a bonnet and carrying an umbrella is walking in the church yard. Chessington is an area in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames within Greater London. Signed lower right corner "G. F. Allen", with date in lower left corner, "Sept 14 '56."
Classification	Painting/Art/Communication Artifacts/Nomenclature
Primary Maker	Allen, George Frederic
Primary Prod Date	14 Sep 1856
Primary Prod Period	19th century
Primary Prod Place	England
Measurement Reading	13.3 x 22.9cm
Signature/Marks	Sept 14 '56 / G. F. Allen Southwest view of / Chessington Church / 14th September 1856. In this Sketch there is an old woman with an umbrella. Emily, having / heard that in on eof these sketches, Mrs Handon and Mr John Minch were portrayed, / saw the old woman and her umbrella, and exclaimed, "But what a little thing Mr. Minch is!" Party;- Our Mother, on several [underlined] occassions, Charlie, Emma, Julia, Alfred, Emily, & Self. G.F. Allen

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