William Woollett and John Joshua Kirby
A View of the South Side of the Ruins at Kew
c. 1763
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- Artist: William Woollett
- Artist: John Joshua Kirby
A View of the South Side of the Ruins at Kew
c. 1763
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.)
Portfolio/Series
Plans...of the Gardens and Buildings at Kew, by William Chambers
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
