drawing

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Object Type: drawing
Museum number: 1874,0314.368
Description: No 4 Brooke Street, Holborn; long supposed to be the house in which Chatterton died, here the street features a man walking past the house in heavy rain Watercolour over graphite
Producer name: Drawn by: John Wykeham Archer
School/style: British
Materials: paper
Technique: drawn
Dimensions: Height: 355 millimetres; Width: 188 millimetres
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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*. The house is now pulled down. Chatterton died at No.39 on the opposite (west) side.
Bibliographic references: Binyon 1898-1907 / Catalogue of drawings by British artists, and artists of foreign origin working in Great Britain (XI (15))
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Associated with: Thomas Chatterton
Associated places: Topographic representation of: London
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Edward Twopeny
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: William Twopeny
Acquisition date: 1874
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1874,0314.368

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