The Assembly Room, Worcester Guildhall

Date: 1889

Medium: Oil on canvas

Measurements: H 50 x W 75 cm

Artist: John Haynes- Williams (1836 – 1908)

Work type: Painting

Acquisition method: purchased by public subscription, 1889; on loan from Worcester Museum and Art Gallery

The Assembly Room was painted at about the same time as the portrait of Walter Holland, (see the painting in Lower Hall) and presented to Mrs. Holland, the painting depicts the Assembly Room as it appeared shortly after the restoration of 1878 – 1880.

Location: Guildhall Second Floor – Assembly Room