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John Atkinson Grimshaw, Knostrop Hall, Early Morning

Private collection

Date: 1870
Technique: Oil on canvas, 61 x 92.1 cm

Knostrop Hall was built in the 17th century by Adam Baynes, Member of Parliament for Leeds during the Commonwealth, whose family had lived in the district since the mid 16th century. Atkinson Grimshaw lived at the hall in the 1870s, and it was demolished in 1960.

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