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The Tower House, Bedford Park, London

Lithograph
1882 (Made)
Artist/Maker
Trautschold, Adolf Manfred (Artist)

View over the streets and houses of Bedford Park, London. Large green spaces and gardens are followed by red brick buildings beyond.

Object details

Category
Designs
Object type
Lithograph
TitleThe Tower House, Bedford Park, London
Materials and techniques
colour lithgraph on paper
Lithographic Ink
Paper
Lithography
Brief description
Lithograph showing the Tower House, Bedford Park, London, designed by Richard Norman Shaw in 1879, depicted by Adolf Manfred Trautschold, 1882
Physical description
View over the streets and houses of Bedford Park, London. Large green spaces and gardens are followed by red brick buildings beyond.
Dimensions
  • Height: 226mm
  • Width: 356mm
Marks and inscriptions
A M Trautschold 1882 (Signed and dated, bottom left corner)
Gallery label
(2005)
In 1874 William Morris imagined an ideal town where 'people lived in little communities among gardens and fields, so that they could be in the country in five minutes.' The realisation of this idea was Bedford Park, a suburban development funded by a socially minded entrepreneur and designed by several prominent architects. This print shows the Tower House and its surrounding garden. Bedford Park had an important influence on the Garden City Movement of the following decades.
Object history
One of a portfolio of 9 plates [E.4031 to 4039-1906] with views of Bedford Park estate, Chiswick, ca. 1880. With letterpress list of plates etc.
Transferred from the National Art Library (L.621) in 1907.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.4039-1906

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Record createdAugust 29, 2006
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O127442/the-tower-house-bedford-park-lithograph-trautschold-adolf-manfred/
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