Kings Weston paintings

Kings Weston has long been a favourite spot for artists. This collection of images is sourced from many different collections, but gives a fascinating insight into the most popular spots to paint.

: Penpole Hill, Joseph Walter, c.1840 Private collection

: Kings Weston Park near Bristol (Shirehampton Park, 1866, John Syer, Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

: Kings Weston from the terrace, c.1760, unknown artist Sir John Soane’s Museum

: The park from Kings Weston House, H. S. Grim, 1789, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

: View of the River Severn near Kings Weston,1809, Benjamin Barker, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

: The Avon, Looking towards Portishead, 1840, Joseph Horlor, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

: The Avon From Shirehampton Park, John Syer, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

: Kings Weston Park (Longcombe), Fripp, Private Collection

: Ships in the King Road (Detail showing Kings Weston from the Severn), Joseph Walter, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

: The Severn from Penpole Point, c.1832, Joseph Horlor, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

: Kings Weston and Penpole Lodge, George Wolfe

: Bristol Avon from Shirehampton Park, Annie Foster Shapley, Royal West of England Academy

: Kings Weston Park (sketch), c.1833,William James Müller, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

: Haymaking at Kings Weston, 1860, William Henry Hopkins, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

: Kings Weston House from the park, British School, Private Collection

: View over Kings Weston towards the Bristol Channel, c.1785, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

: A lost Victorian painting by John Syer, once admired by Prince Albert, and here hanging in the house in a Bristol Evening Post report of 1960. Can you help us find it?