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Our London Poor - a Tea to 700 Tramps and Beggars in Moorgate St. Hall

Maker

After
(artist)
1848-1910

(wood engraver)
1800-1899

Title

Our London Poor - a Tea to 700 Tramps and Beggars in Moorgate St. Hall

Date of Production

1876

Medium

wood engraving
printed in black

Dimensions

Height: 22.3 cm
Width: 29.9 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.7810

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

Provenance: H. J. Cornish Collection; acquired by Hampstead Public Library (by 1928); transferred to the Courtauld Institute of Art, Witt Library in 1966; transferred to the Courtauld Gallery from the Witt Library in 1990.

Inscriptions

recto: centre, within image, on sign: TH LORD'S / [illegible] / B OF LIFE

Inscription: recto: lower right within image. the artist's monogram: RWM

Stamp: recto: lower centre, stamped [partially on print]: HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H. J. CORNISH COLLECTION.

recto: lower left, typed: Wood engraving / Publ. 'The Graphic' Vol. 13, p. 61, 15 Jan. 1876

recto: lower centre, typed: R.W. MACBETH / Our London Poor - a Tea to 700 Tramps and Beggars in Moorgate St. Hall

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