Today, we look at a small watercolour from my collection. It was painted in 1846 by #CorneliusPearson and shows The Chapel at Haddon Hall. Pearson was a landscape and topographical painter who also dabbled in engraving. He was born in Boston, Lincolnshire, but moved to London while young to apprentice under an engraver. Here, he began to paint in earnest and worked mostly in watercolour. He exhibited regularly showing more than 145 works over the years.

#TheChapelofStNicholas at #HaddonHall (pictured below) has a set of rare wall paintings most likely done in the 15th century and some very fine stained glass windows.

Haddon Hall sits on the River Wye near the town of Bakewell in Derbyshire and is the former seat of the Dukes of Rutland. Haddon Hall is one of England’s most elegant stately homes and over 900 years old. It is an important historical residence and a fine example of Tudor and Elizabethan architecture. It also boasts a walled rose garden as well as the ancient Haddon Medieval Park.