Bristol Docks with St Mary Redcliffe Church beyond

British (English) School. Oil painting on canvas, Bristol Docks with St Mary Redcliffe Church beyond, British (English) School, early 19th century. Bristol Docks, shipping is anchored in the basin; church of St Mary Redcliffe seen in background, with Redcliffe Parade, the terrace on right. St Mary’s, Redcliffe: Queen Elizabeth I called it ‘the fairest, the goodliest and most famous parish church in England’. Replacing a 12th century church it was built in the Perpendicular style mainly between 1325 and 1375, the south side being older than the north, the tower is mid-13th century in its lower stages, early 14th century above. Letter, 6 June 1990, from Francis W. Greenacre curator of the City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery: ‘The View of St. Mary Redcliffe is quite sound topographically. The truncated spire was not to be rebuilt until the 1870s. The terrace on the right, Redcliffe Parade, was built in the 1770s.’ Maritime painting. Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire (Accredited Museum)