unknown artist, ( Cook )after C. John M. Whichelo, 1784–1865, British
Title:
Bermondsey Abby
Date:
1820
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving on slightly textured, moderately thick, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 × 11 3/16 inches (35.6 × 28.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, center: "Inside of a Room adjoining those under the Hall, Bermondsey Abby"; center left: "C.J.M. Whichelo Del. 1811"; center right: "Cook sculp."; center left: "Head of King John | near the Gateway"; center left: "Cornice of the above Room"; lower left: "Saxon Capitals"; center right: "Antient Window"; lower right: "Section of the Moulding of | the Large Gateway"; lower right: "Section of the Small Do."; lower right: "A Window in the Gateway"; lower center: "Saxon Ornaments in the great Wall, near the Church Yard"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection