Sign for the 'Blue Boys' Inn'

Image credit: The Stroud District (Cowle) Museum Trust Collection

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Two indigo dyers stand one either side of a dye vat with a masonry arch above. The Blue Boys Inn was at Minchinhampton. The sign is thought to be late 18th century.

The Museum in the Park

Stroud

Title

Sign for the 'Blue Boys' Inn'

Date

late 1700s

Medium

oil on wood

Measurements

H 108.2 x W 96.7 cm

Accession number

2004

Acquisition method

gift, 1929

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Tho we stand here in wind and rain true blue will never stain

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