Sujet

Stanstead College, Rowlands' Castle, Hants., 1856. From "Illustrated London News", 1856. Creator: Unknown.

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Stanstead College, Rowlands' Castle, Hants., 1856. 'The late R. Dixon, Esq...who, during a long and honourable career as a port-wine merchant, had amassed a fortune to the great amount of more than one million sterling...built, and liberally endowed a college, or almshouse, for the reception of reduced merchants of advanced age...Stanstead College...is built in the Old English domestic style, and its gables and chimneys ("windpipes of hospitality''), are characteristic of the benevolent object of its worthy founder...Each inmate receives £40 per annum, and £1 per month towards his dinner...The rooms are furnished in the most substantial manner. There are also allowed the sums of £30 per annum for coals, £20 per annum for medical attendance, and £20 per annum for the services of a clergyman'. From "Illustrated London News", 1856. From "Illustrated London News", 1856.

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14,2Mo (1,1Mo) / 21,1cm x 16,9cm / 2496 x 1995 (300dpi)

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