We recently added this wonderful donated drawing to our collection at Calne Heritage Centre. It was
drawn by the landscape artist, William Westall ARA (1781-1850), who was
one of the first artists to work in Australia.
Calne Heritage Catalogue number: TH00002A
The book is available to view at archive.org.
This drawing, dated 1830 and titled 'Calne, From the Canal', was included in the book The Landscape Album; or, Great Britain
Illustrated, which contained 59 views all by Westall, and luckily this
one of the canal at Calne looking towards St. Mary's church. In the book were descriptions of the scenery
and history of the locations by Thomas Moule, which can be seen in the image below.
The book is available to view at archive.org.
