Leiston Abbey
Maker
After
(artist)
1744-1817
(printmaker, publisher)
1743-1805
(publisher)
1744-1817
(artist)
1744-1817
(printmaker, publisher)
1743-1805
(publisher)
1744-1817
Title
Leiston Abbey
Date of Production
1781
Medium
printed in black
etching and engraving
etching and engraving
Dimensions
Height: 21.9 cm
Width: 26.9 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
Keywords
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 //
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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