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Black and white photographic print of stone building archway with carved text reading The RETREAT for the AGED ERECTED 1831

Retreat for the aged

Date: 1960s-1980s
Artist: Alan Bartram
Dimensions:
Sheet: 254 × 203 mm (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Medium: black & white photograph
Object number: CLR.2023.255.M
DescriptionLettering shown on a stone wall, integrated to substrate, carved lowercase and capital letters, serif (roman) high contrast (vertical axis), English vernacular letterforms, bearing text and date, reading ’The RETREAT for the AGED. ERECTED 1831’. Location: Bourton-on-the-Hill, South West of England