‘An Account of an ancient painting’ by J S Hawkins, FSA
Reference code
HAJ
Title
‘An Account of an ancient painting’ by J S Hawkins, FSA
Date
1786, 1790
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and format
Paper; ff. iii + 49.
Quarto.
Cloth binding, red.
Quarto.
Cloth binding, red.
Scope and content
'An Account of an ancient painting, on the wall of the Chapel of St Blase [actually St Faith], in the abbey church of St. Peter, Westminster', by John Sidney Hawkins, FSA (1758-1842); 1786, 1790. Two papers, the first (fols. 1-37v) being a revision of the second (fols. 38-49v). Read to SA, 22, 29 June 1786, 29 Apr., 6, 13 May 1790 (Minute Books XXI, pp. 304-12, 314-19; XXIII, pp. 375-81, 388-9, 390-7). Drawings and plans by Jacob Schnebbelie relating to the painting are in SA collection of topographical drawings, and in MSS/0263 (fol. 3a).
The painting is now identified as a representation of St Faith; see J. Perkins, Westminster Abbey. Its Worship and Ornaments (1952), iii, 24-32, pl. opp. 31, for an account of the chapels of St Blaise (dismantled in the 18th century) and St Faith, and reproduction of the figure of St Faith.
The painting is now identified as a representation of St Faith; see J. Perkins, Westminster Abbey. Its Worship and Ornaments (1952), iii, 24-32, pl. opp. 31, for an account of the chapels of St Blaise (dismantled in the 18th century) and St Faith, and reproduction of the figure of St Faith.
Creator
Hawkins, John Sidney (1758-1842), antiquary
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/318
MS 318
MS 318