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A View of the London Spaw

• Object type

  • print

• Museum number

  1880,1113.4850

• Title (object)

  • A View of the London Spaw

• Description

  View of London Spa, in Clerkenwell, surrounded by countryside; a few buildings in the distance to the left; in foreground a milkmaid walks towards spa carrying two buckets suspended from a yoke; a gentleman walks towards spa entrance on the left. 1731
  Etching

• Producer name

  • Print made by: Clement Lemprière

• School/style

  • British

• Date

  • 1731

• Materials

  • paper

• Technique

  • etching

• Dimensions

  • Height: 102 millimetres
  • Width: 182 millimetres (trimmed)

• Inscriptions

  • • Inscription Content

      Lettered below image with title.

• Curator's comments

  The production information is taken from the Crace catalogue. See also apparently related views in the same area 1880,1113.4864 and 4886.

• Bibliography

  • Crace 1878 XXXII.41

• Location

  Not on display (Crace Collection main series)

• Subjects

  • spa

• Associated places

  • Topographic representation of: London
  • (Europe,British Isles,England,London)

• Acquisition name

  • Purchased from: John Gregory Crace
  • Previous owner/ex-collection: Frederick Crace

• Acquisition date

  1880

• Department

  Prints & Drawings

• Registration number

  1880,1113.4850