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Front of St. Peter's Church, Frome

Watch Paper
c.1775-c.1825 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Engraved paper watch-label


Object details

Categories
Clocks & Watches
Advertising
Ephemera
Trade Cards
Shopping
Prints
Object type
Watch paper
Titles
  • Front of St. Peter's Church, Frome (assigned by artist)
  • St. John the Baptist Church, Bath Street, Frome (generic title)
Materials and techniques
printed paper
Paper
Printing Ink
Engraving
Brief description
Watch paper. E.G. Pitt of Frome. "Front of St. Peter's Church, Frome" (depicting St. John the Baptist Church in Bath Street.) c.1775-c.1825. One of a collection of 81 from c.1750 to c.1850. Engraving.
Physical description
Engraved paper watch-label
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 4.5cm
Average dimensions for group of 81 watch-papers of very similar size.
Credit line
Given by Mr. Higford Griffiths
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1937, London: Board of Education, 1938.
  • This watch paper shows a church identified in the engraving as St. Peter's Church, Frome, although the building is clearly St. John the Baptist Church in Bath Street. This was considered a contemporary mistake on the part of the engraver and/or artist. However, the current vicar (2021), the Reverend Colin Alsbury, provided further information in that before the 1850’s, the parish church of Frome, though originally dedicated to St. John the Baptist, was known as St. Peter’s because of a portrait of St. Peter that hung within the Chancel. The Census districts for 1841 and 1851 list St. John the Baptist Church as ‘St Peter’s’. Upon Vicar Bennett's arrival in 1852 the use of St. John the Baptist was restored as the official dedication.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.584-1937

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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