drawing
- Museum number
- 1874,0314.330
- Description
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Copenhagen House, Copenhagan Fields, Islington; a large house in the middle distance situated amongst a large group of trees against an evening sky with stars just coming out, before the house is a wide field with a small group of men playing cricket and in the foreground. 1846
Watercolour with bodycolour over graphite
- Production date
- 1846
- Dimensions
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Height: 246 millimetres
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Width: 354 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- One of a large series of drawings and watercolours of buildings and antiquities in London by John Wykeham Archer, in 17 portfolios (mostly stored offsite); for further information on the series, see registration number 1874,0314.1*.
This house was noted for its tea gardens and sports and was pulled down in 1855 to make way for the Metropolitan Cattle Market.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1874
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1874,0314.330