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View of Hackney in Middlesex

Print
ca. 1784 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Engraving showing a view of Hackney, depicting a church surrounded by buildings in the background and in the foreground, fields with cows and two men in the bottom right corner. Title is printed underneath.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleView of Hackney in Middlesex (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
View of Hackney in Middlesex, engraving by an unknown artist, ca. 1784
Physical description
Engraving showing a view of Hackney, depicting a church surrounded by buildings in the background and in the foreground, fields with cows and two men in the bottom right corner. Title is printed underneath.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6in
  • Width: 7in
Dimensions taken from departmental handlist.
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.
Production
Published either in W. Thornton, The New, Complete, and Universal History, Description, and Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, London: Alexander Hogg, 1784, or in G. A. Walpoole, The New British Traveller: or a Complete Modern Universal Display of Great Britain and Ireland, London: Alexander Hogg, 1784. Based on a 1775 engraving in Harrison's 'History of London' (see E.4552-1923).
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Associations
Bibliographic reference
Taken from departmental handlist.
Collection
Accession number
E.4551-1923

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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