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Leiston Abbey

Maker

After
(artist)
1744-1817

(printmaker, publisher)
1743-1805

(publisher)
1744-1817

Title

Leiston Abbey

Date of Production

1781

Medium

printed in black
etching and engraving

Dimensions

Height: 21.9 cm
Width: 26.9 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.6109.25

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

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Drawn by T.Hearne. //

Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //

Label: LEISTON PRIORY. / In the County of Suffolk, and within the hundred of Blithing, was / a Convent of black Monks, called Praemonstratensian, or Monks... //

Inscription: T.O. //

Inscription: Engrav'd by W.Byrne. //

Inscription: To Sir Gerard Vanneck of Heveningham in the County of Suffolk, Bar.t and Member of Parliament / for the Borough of Dunwich, this View of LEISTON ABBEY is inscribed by his most obedient Servants, / Thomas Hearne, and William Byrne. / London: Published as the Act directs, 30 June 1781, by W.Byrne & T.Hearne. //

Inscription: No. XXIX //

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