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Object Type
Museum number: 1880,1113.4218
Title: Object: Part of Christs Hospital taken from the Stewards Office
Description: View in an oval frame, showing different parts of the school and hospital on Newgate Street, London; an arcade at the back lines one side of the courtyard, pupils and school masters in yard; below a paragraph on the history of the building, from a separate plate; illustration to Smith's 'Antiquities of London'. 1793 Soft-ground etching printed in red and grey, and engraved lettering from two plates
Producer name: Print made by: Benjamin Green; Published by: Nathaniel Smith
School/style
Production date: 1793
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: soft-ground etching; engraving; colour
Dimensions: Height: 73 millimetres (trimmed); Height: 148 millimetres; Width: 173 millimetres (first plate); Width: 173 millimetres (second plate)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: For comment see 1880,1113.1672
Bibliographic references: Crace 1878 / A Catalogue of Maps, Plans and Views of London, Westminster and Southwark, collected and arranged by Frederick Crace (XXVII.19); Adams 1983 / London Illustrated 1604-1850: a survey and index of topographical books and their plates (70.45)
Location: Not on display
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Associated names
Associated places: Topographic representation of: London
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Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1880
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1880,1113.4218

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