Sadly not a lot of images of Hough End Hall have come down to us.
There are a few in the digital archive,* a variety of postcards and a handful of paintings but none of the interior.
So it is always interesting to see a new picture.
This one is by Peter Topping who painted the hall as it would have looked around the late 19th century.
Now the practice of using an old image to create a new one has a long tradition here in Chorlton.
The artist J Montgomery produced many of his paintings using old postcards and photographs and while the quality of some of his work is questionable they are a unique record given that much of his original source material has been lost.
The art of recreating a lost view of a building can be fraught with pitfalls leading to all sorts of misinterpretations but as luck would have we do have a couple of coloured postcards which helped Peter with his painting.
And I rather think there will be no stopping him now, although the real challenge will be to produce a painting of the inside, but that will have to wait until someone uncovers a photograph.
But I travel in hope that one will surface but until then I trust Peter will paint more.
Painting; Hough End Hall circa 1890, ©2014 Peter Topping Paintings from Pictures
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*Local Image Collection, Manchester Libraries, Information and Archives, Manchester City Council, http://images.manchester.gov.uk/ResultsList.php?session=pass&QueryName=BasicQuery&QueryPage=/index.php?session=pass&Restriction=&StartAt=1&Anywhere=SummaryData|AdmWebMetadata&QueryTerms=Hough%20End%20Hall&QueryOption=Anywhere
So it is always interesting to see a new picture.
This one is by Peter Topping who painted the hall as it would have looked around the late 19th century.
Now the practice of using an old image to create a new one has a long tradition here in Chorlton.
The artist J Montgomery produced many of his paintings using old postcards and photographs and while the quality of some of his work is questionable they are a unique record given that much of his original source material has been lost.
The art of recreating a lost view of a building can be fraught with pitfalls leading to all sorts of misinterpretations but as luck would have we do have a couple of coloured postcards which helped Peter with his painting.
And I rather think there will be no stopping him now, although the real challenge will be to produce a painting of the inside, but that will have to wait until someone uncovers a photograph.
But I travel in hope that one will surface but until then I trust Peter will paint more.
Painting; Hough End Hall circa 1890, ©2014 Peter Topping Paintings from Pictures
Web: www.paintingsfrompictures.co.uk
facebook: www.facebook.com/paintingsfrompictures
*Local Image Collection, Manchester Libraries, Information and Archives, Manchester City Council, http://images.manchester.gov.uk/ResultsList.php?session=pass&QueryName=BasicQuery&QueryPage=/index.php?session=pass&Restriction=&StartAt=1&Anywhere=SummaryData|AdmWebMetadata&QueryTerms=Hough%20End%20Hall&QueryOption=Anywhere
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