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Carved Relief Model of Foster’s Almshouse, Decorative Fabulous Animal Carvings, and a Drunken Mason

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Foster’s Almshouse, Colston Street, Bristol City, Bristol

Carved Relief Model of Foster’s Almshouse, Decorative Fabulous Animal Carvings, and a Drunken Mason
Carved Relief Model of Foster’s Almshouse, Decorative Fabulous Animal Carvings, and a Drunken Mason
Carved Relief Model of Foster’s Almshouse, Decorative Fabulous Animal Carvings, and a Drunken Mason
Carved Relief Model of Foster’s Almshouse, Decorative Fabulous Animal Carvings, and a Drunken Mason
Carved Relief Model of Foster’s Almshouse, Decorative Fabulous Animal Carvings, and a Drunken Mason
Carved Relief Model of Foster’s Almshouse, Decorative Fabulous Animal Carvings, and a Drunken Mason
Carved Relief Model of Foster’s Almshouse, Decorative Fabulous Animal Carvings, and a Drunken Mason
Carved Relief Model of Foster’s Almshouse, Decorative Fabulous Animal Carvings, and a Drunken Mason
Carved Relief Model of Foster’s Almshouse, Decorative Fabulous Animal Carvings, and a Drunken Mason
Carved Relief Model of Foster’s Almshouse, Decorative Fabulous Animal Carvings, and a Drunken Mason
Carved Relief Model of Foster’s Almshouse, Decorative Fabulous Animal Carvings, and a Drunken Mason
Carved Relief Model of Foster’s Almshouse, Decorative Fabulous Animal Carvings, and a Drunken Mason
Carved Relief Model of Foster’s Almshouse, Decorative Fabulous Animal Carvings, and a Drunken Mason
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The relief depicts the whole of the almshouse building in perspective, viewed from Colston Street. The deeply-cut relief reproduces Foster and Wood’s Victorian design in great detail: the façade of the chapel, the spiral staircase tower, the many roof turrets, the statue of John Foster, a tiny reproduction of the statue of a woman (now sadly missing or maybe never carried out), and even an indication of this ‘model view’ itself.
Title

Carved Relief Model of Foster’s Almshouse, Decorative Fabulous Animal Carvings, and a Drunken Mason

Date

c.1872

Medium

Bath stone

Accession number

BS1_PF_S136

Work type

Relief

Owner

Queenwood Group

Custodian

Queenwood Group

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II* (England and Wales)

Listing date

04/03/77

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Located at

Foster’s Almshouse, Colston Street, Bristol City

BS1 5AX

Located at the top of Christmas Steps.

Artist or maker

unknown artist

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