print;
book of prints
- Museum number
- 1959,0424.2.1-10
- Title
- Object: Western Flanders
- Description
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"Western Flanders, a medley of things seen, considered & imagined by Laurence Binyon with ten etchings by William Strang" (London, At the Sign of the Unicorn, Cecil Court) 1899; containing 10 etchings of different sizes on landscape subjects and scenes from Western Flanders, namely 1. Courtrai; 2. The Ramparts of Ypres; 3. The Halles of Ypres; 4. A Religious Procession; 5. The Dunes; 6. Flanders from the Dunes; 7. The Quay of the Rosary, Bruges; 8. The Ghent Gate, Bruges; 9. The Béguinage, Bruges; 10. The Belfry of Bruges. Bound in original green, gold and oatmeal linen boards with letterpress titlepage, contents, and accompanying text by Binyon, meditating on the contemporary landscape, buildings, people, their history, and travellers' experiences, as well as reflections on Michelangelo and Hans Memling.
Etchings, printed on thick cream laid paper
Drypoint
- Production date
- 1899
- Dimensions
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Height: 445 millimetres (approx sheet size of each page)
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Width: 320 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The titles of Binyon's written reflections are as follows:
1. Courtrai
2. The Entry into Ypres
3. The Ramparts of Ypres
4. The Halles of Ypres
5. The Plaine d'Amour
6. Furnes
7. The Dunes
8. The Abbey of the Dunes
9. Bruges
10. The Wedding of Charles the Bold
11. Michelangelo in Bruges
12. Hans Memling
13. The Béguinage of Bruges
14. The Belfry of Bruges
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Western Flanders
- Acquisition date
- 1959
- Acquisition notes
- MS inscription in pencil on end paper: "To David Strang / From his Mother / Agnes M. S. Strang"
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1959,0424.2.1-10
