No. 24 Thomas ‘Tom’ Dudley (British 1857-1935): ‘Bootham Bar York’ Watercolour signed, titled and dated 1879-80.
The Artist:
Born in York, a teacher, diarist and champion of York’s Heritage.
FoYW’s note:
This shows a view of the bar from outside the walled city. The bar lost its barbican about 40 years before with no sign left of where it extended from the front of the main defensive tower. This loss allowed traffic going into York to turn right along a new street and avoid using the dark-looking tunnel under the tower. About eight years after this was drawn a new set of steps were added to the right of the tower to take people onto its first floor and then onto the last part of the city walls to be made into a public walk-way.
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Posted February 2026 AF
