William Woollett, John Joshua Kirby
A View of the South Side of the Ruins at Kew
1762
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William Woollett, John Joshua Kirby
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.
Fagan, Louis, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Engraved Works of William Woollett, London: Fine Art Society, 1885, no. 49. Chambers, William, Plans, Elevations, Section, and Perspective Views of the Gardens and Buildings at Kew in Surry, The Seat of Her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales, London, 1763, plate 42.
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