The Butter Market, Montreuil
Watercolour
1908 (painted)
1908 (painted)
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| Place of origin |
Watercolour entitled 'The Butter Market, Montreuil'. Signed and dated by the artist.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | The Butter Market, Montreuil (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour |
| Brief description | Watercolour entitled 'The Butter Market, Montreuil' by Henry Silkstone Hopwood. British School, 1908. |
| Physical description | Watercolour entitled 'The Butter Market, Montreuil'. Signed and dated by the artist. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 1908 (Signed and dated) |
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| Bibliographic reference | The name Montreuil was recorded for the first time in a royal edict of 722 as Monasteriolum, meaning "little monastery" in Medieval Latin. The settlement of Montreuil started as a group of houses built around this small monastery and is now a large suburb of Paris, noted for the fact that they elected a Communist mayor between 1984 and 2008.
This suburb used to sheltered what were known as the "Peach Walls" under the reigns of Louis XIV and Louis XVI, providing the royal court with fruit. Later it was the home of the Lumière brothers and George Méliès in their workshops which were located in lower Montreuil. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | P.125-1920 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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