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Printing house at Strawberry Hill

Title
[Printing house at Strawberry Hill] [graphic] / E. Edwards del. ; P. Audinet sculp.
Publication
[England] : [publisher not identified], [approximately 1830?]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; sheet 9.7 x 10.7 cm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Title and date supplied by cataloger.
After a design by Edward Edwards from approximately 1784 that was made into a print shortly thereafter, with the etching by Edwards himself and the aquatint added by Francis Jukes; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1867,1214.417. Two related drawings are are held by The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Description based on an imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of title and other text.
Cf. Gascoigne, B. Images of Twickenham. Richmond-upon-Thames : Saint Helena Press, 1981, 317.
Provenance
Borden Sale, American Art Gallery, 17-19 February 1913, lot 812. Rains Galleries, New York, NY, 27 November 1935 (W.D. Breaker sale), lot 688, bought in by Breaker.
Summary
An image of the printing house at Strawberry Hill. A figure believed to be Thomas Kirgate stands in the road in front of the building holding a large portfolio under his arm.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 24, 2024
Genre/Form
Etchings - England - London - 1830.
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