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Cathedral Church of Ely

Maker

After
(artist)
1744-1817

(printmaker)
died 1799 (Life dates)

(publisher)
1743-1805

(publisher)
1744-1817

Title

Cathedral Church of Ely

Date of Production

1783

Medium

printed in black
etching and engraving

Dimensions

Height: 22.1 cm
Width: 27.4 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.6109.37

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

Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //

Inscription: No. XLI //

Inscription: Engraved by B.T.Pouncey. //

Label: THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY / Exhibits as large, as elegant, and as magnificent, a display of what is / called Gothic architecture as any one fabric in this kingdom; and, from / the different styles in which it is built, may serve better to illustrate the / history of this kind of building in England, than any structure now / remaining. //

Inscription: To the Hon.ble & R.t Rev.d Dr. James York, Lord Bishop of Ely / This View of the CATHEDRAL CHURCH of ELY is inscribed / By his LORDSHIP'S most obedient Servants, Thomas Hearne and William Byrne. / London: Publish'd as the Act directs, 2 June 1783, by W.Byrne & T.Hearne. //

Inscription: Drawn by T.Hearne. //

Inscription: T.O. //

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