View of Hackney
Print
1775 (printed)
1775 (printed)
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Engraved illustration depicting a view of Hackney, with the church of St John-at-Hackney in the background, and fields with two horses pulling a cart being led by a man, and woman carrying pails on the lower right hand side.
Object details
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| Title | View of Hackney (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Engraving |
| Brief description | Engraving, view of Hackney, illustration for Harrison's History of London, 1775 |
| Physical description | Engraved illustration depicting a view of Hackney, with the church of St John-at-Hackney in the background, and fields with two horses pulling a cart being led by a man, and woman carrying pails on the lower right hand side. |
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| Credit line | Given by the Hon. Arthur Villiers |
| Object history | This print was Plate 84 in Walter Harrison's A New and Universal History, Description and Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, the Borough of Southwark, and their Adjacent Parts..., London: J. Cooke, 1775 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.4552-1923 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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