Reference
Z529/1
Title
Oil painting showing a three quarter length portrait of a seated clerical gentleman believed to be the Reverend John Mendham, MA, Vicar of Clophill, 1844-1869. Estimated to be approximately 18 x 24 inches.
Date free text
Between 1844 and 1869
Production date
From: 1844 To: 1869
Admin/biog history
Identification is based on location and on comparison with photograph in Z603/1.
Archival history
Found by the Misses Gillett in a wooden box in the building that had been the Church School until 1871 and then a reading room. The building was bought by the Misses Gillett in 1965 and the painting was one of the things they cleared out of the cupboards. They gave it to Bedfordshire County Council in March 1985 on the advice of Bedford Museum.
Format
oil on canvas
Reference
Level of description
item