Watercolour
1856 (painted)
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Water colour sketch of a view at Hackney, depicting the Downs, with a bridge at the far left, a man walking along a path and some children playing in the foreground right.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolours |
| Brief description | Watercolour sketch of a view at Hackney, The Downs, 1856 by C. H. Matthews |
| Physical description | Water colour sketch of a view at Hackney, depicting the Downs, with a bridge at the far left, a man walking along a path and some children playing in the foreground right. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Then to a milder scene,
where hedge nor fence exclude the passing gale
and where hard by a still and rippling spring
steals its clear waters. (In pencil below. This is an extract from William Fox's poem 'La Bagatella', published in 1801.) |
| 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.4564-1923 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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