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Print
Hawkins, G - Enlarge image
- Place of origin:
Hackney (drawn)
- Date:
May 1827 (drawn)
- Artist/Maker:
Hawkins, G (publisher)
- Materials and Techniques:
Coloured aquatint with engraved detail
- Credit Line:
Given by the Hon. Arthur Villiers
- Museum number:
E.4646-1923
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level E, case Z, shelf 17, box IV
Physical description
Coloured aquatint depicting an interior view of Hackney Church, taken from the organ gallery, during the order of confirmation.
Place of Origin
Hackney (drawn)
Date
May 1827 (drawn)
Artist/maker
Hawkins, G (publisher)
Materials and Techniques
Coloured aquatint with engraved detail
Marks and inscriptions
To the Venerable and Revd. JOHN JAMES WATSON, D.D. Archdeacon of St. Albans and
RECTOR OF HACKNEY.
This Interior View of Hackney Church taken from the Organ Gallery in May 1827, representing the
ORDER OF CONFIRMATION,
Is with permission respectfully dedicated by his Obliged & Obedient servt.
GEORGE HAWKINS
Published Decr. 31. 1827. by G. Hawkins opposite the Grove, Hackney.
Dimensions
height: 10 in, width: 14 in
Object history note
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.
Descriptive line
Coloured aquatint, interior view of Hackney Church, G. Hawkins, May 1827.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Taken from departmental handlist.
Techniques
Aquatint
Subjects depicted
Religion; Interiors; Churches; Rural areas
Categories
Prints; Religion; Christianity
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
