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A View of the South Side of the Ruins at Kew
Public Domain

William Woollett and John Joshua Kirby

A View of the South Side of the Ruins at Kew

1762

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A View of the South Side of the Ruins at Kew

1762

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 375 × 521 mm. (14 3/4 × 20 1/2 in.) Plate: 318 × 450 mm. (12 1/2 × 17 11/16 in.) Image: 280 × 439 mm. (11 × 17 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1984.81.1017
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (Lugt supp. 555c)
Clayton, Timothy, The English Print 1688-1803, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997, p. 163.

Signed: 1

Inscribed: RECTO: LL in plate: 'Jos: Kirby delin.t'; LR in plate: 'W.m Woollett Sculp.t'; LwrC in plate: 'A View of the South Side of the Ruins at Kew.'; BL (graphite): 'Bryan 61.', & (graphite, in diamond): '6756'. VERSO: LL: Claghorn stamp in red ink, & Garrett stamp (Lugt supp. 2435b) in blue ink; LRE (graphite, cut off): '$13'.

Markings: none - illegible

Artist

William Woollett

1734–1784

English, 1735-1785
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Artist

John Joshua Kirby

1715–1773

English, 1716-1774
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