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Printing-Block
Woodblock

Object number

LDSAL2022.1.1492

Artist/Designer/Maker

Streatfeild, Thomas (Rev.) - Commissioner
Streatfeild, Thomas (Rev.) - Previous Owner

Production date

pre-1836

Material

wood
paper
metal

Technique

Carving
Wood Engraving (Process)

Dimensions

height: 256mm
width: 82mm
depth: 30mm

Location

Burlington House -

Inscriptions

Inscription content

COBHAM [C]

Inscription content

IN COBHAM CHURCH. 1/9th the real size.

References

Reference (free text)

Streatfeild, Thomas; Excerpta Cantiana: being the prospecture of a history of Kent; London: 1836.

Reference association

illustrated

Reference note

The image is printed on a sheet of proofs, stored in a compartment in the inner sleeve of the book cover.
    Rectangular wooden printing block showing:- Obverse: carved and engraved design depicting monumental brass from St. Mary Magdalen Church in Cobham, Kent; showing female figure in a long robe, with hands joined together, two shields either side of her head; figure is under a canopy which extends to a point, with two shields on either side. Possibly a depiction of Joan de Cobham. Ink residue remaining on surface. Reverse: print of image from the obverse attached to surface, under additional printer's waste paper.
    One of a large collection of woodblocks and copper plates, commissioned by Rev. Thomas Streatfeild (1777-1848), intended to illustrate an expanded series of Hasted's 'History of Kent'. Only one volume was published, posthumously, 'The Hundred of Blackheath', in 1886; however, a selection of the engravings appear in a prospectus, titled 'Excerptia Cantiana', which was compiled by Streatfeild in 1836, along with several sheets of printed proofs which show all the engravings in printed form. The collection of blocks and plates was donated to the Society in 1890; some of the blocks were illustrated and engraved by Streatfeild himself, but it is not specified which.

    Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Dr Jill Hind FSA.