The Rosemary Branch, 1856
Watercolour
1856 (painted)
1856 (painted)
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Watercolour painting depicting a view of fields in Islington, including the Rosemary Branch music hall and two windmills used to power the white lead works.
Object details
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| Title | The Rosemary Branch, 1856 (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Water-colour painting |
| Brief description | Watercolour depicting the Rosemary Branch, 1856, C. H. Matthews |
| Physical description | Watercolour painting depicting a view of fields in Islington, including the Rosemary Branch music hall and two windmills used to power the white lead works. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | View from Gloucester terrace, showing [ ] away on the right, the Rosemary Branch.
"Whence on the distant slope, majestic shews
Old Canonbury's Tower" (Written in pencil. The first line is hard to decipher, the second and third are a quotation from William Fox's 1801 poem 'La Bagatella'.) |
| Credit line | Given by the Hon. Arthur Villiers |
| Object history | This object was part of the John Edmund Gardner collection of topographical prints and drawings of London. After Gardner's death the collection passed to his son Edmund Thomas, but was sold to Edward Coates MP in 1910. The collection was sold again in 1923 after Coates' death, and was split between various institutions and private collectors. The portion connected with Hoxton, Homerton, Hackney and Bethnal Green was bought by the Hon. Arthur Villiers and donated to the Bethnal Green Museum. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Taken from departmental handlist. |
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| Accession number | E.4718-1923 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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