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BARBOURS BERN HACKNEY COLL. OKEYS 1647

Print
1 January 1799 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Engraving depicting Barber's Barn, Hackney, a large house with grounds that during the Commonwealth belonged to Colonel John Okey, one of the regicides.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBARBOURS BERN HACKNEY COLL. OKEYS 1647 (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Engraving depicting Barber's Barn, Hackney, from the West, 1 January 1799 by J P Malcolm.
Physical description
Engraving depicting Barber's Barn, Hackney, a large house with grounds that during the Commonwealth belonged to Colonel John Okey, one of the regicides.
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.5in
  • Width: 7in
Dimensions taken from departmental handlist.
Credit line
Given by the Hon. Arthur Villiers
Object history
The house in this image was known as Barber's Barn or Barber's Baron, after the land it was built on (Barbour Berns). It was on Mare Street in Hackney and was built in around 1591. It was owned and occupied in the mid 17th century by John Okey, a signatory to Charles I's death warrant, and in the mid 18th century its gardens were used as nurseries for exotic plants by John Busch and later Messrs. Loddidges. The house survived until the late 18th or early 19th century, when it was pulled down by Conrad Loddidge to build modern terraces. [Information from 'Old and New London: Volume 5'. Cassell, Petter & Galpin, London, 1878.]

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.
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Association
Bibliographic reference
Taken from departmental handlist.
Collection
Accession number
E.4672-1923

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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