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Greta Hall and Keswick Bridge

Print
ca. 1840 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Francis Edward after William Westall. Greta Hall & Keswick Bridge, Cumbria. Printed in London, c.1840


Object details

Object type
TitleGreta Hall and Keswick Bridge (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Brief description
Francis Edward after William Westall. Greta Hall & Keswick Bridge, Cumbria. Printed in London, c.1840
Dimensions
  • Height: 3.75in
  • Width: 5.875in
Credit line
Given by Mr. T. H. Russell
Object history
Greta Hall is best known as the former home of the Lake poets Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey. Southey (poet laureate 1813 - 1843), lived there for 40 years, and the house was visited by many leading literary personalities, including the Wordsworths, Shelley, and Sir Walter Scott.
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1949, London: HMSO, 1961.
Collection
Accession number
E.193-1949

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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