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Vignette showing St. Christopher's Spring on the Denton estate

Maker

After
(artist)
1765-1822

(printmaker)
1767-1827

Title

Vignette showing St. Christopher's Spring on the Denton estate

Date of Production

1797 - 1805

Medium

etching and engraving
printed in black

Dimensions

Height: 11.1 cm
Width: 14.2 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.6125.48

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: J. C. Nattes del //

Inscription: Howlett's Views in County of Lincoln, 1800 //

Inscription: B. Howlett Sc. //

Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //

Label: DENTON HOUSE. / The subject of the Vignette is St. Christopher's Spring, situated / on the Denton estate, and was dedicated to that saint in the times / the Roman Catholic persuasion prevailed in this country, and / medical virtues have been attributed to it. It certainly is a very / pure water, and in some respects, may be assimilated to that of / Bristol. //

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