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Obelisk in memory of the Battle of the Boyne

Maker

(artist)
1725-1809

(engraver)
1791-1867

(publisher)
ca. 1737-1790 (Life dates)

Title

Obelisk in memory of the Battle of the Boyne

Date of Production

executed :

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 13 cm
Width: 18.5 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5573.69

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords










Provenance

previous owner: Witt, Robert Clermont (Sir)

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper right inside plate mark & recto : : 30 //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower left inside plate mark & recto : : P. Sandby R.A. pinxit. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre inside plate mark & recto : : OBELISK in memory of the BATTLE of the BOYNE. / Published as the Act directs, by G. Kearsly, No. 46 Fleet Street, 1 July, 1778. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right inside plate mark & recto : : W. Walker & W. Angus Sculpt. //

Inscription: inscription : stamped : right margin inside and outside plate mark & recto : later Witt library stamp : WITT / LIBRARY //

Inscription: inscription : typed : lower margin outside plate mark & recto : later Witt library inscription : A Collection of 150 Views in England, Scotland and Ireland / drawn by P. Sandby, J. Boydell, London, 1781, Vol.II. //

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