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Printing plate
copper plate Hever Castle, Kent

Object number

LDSAL2022.2.12

Artist/Designer/Maker

Eastwood, William - Printing plate maker

Production date

19th century

Material

copper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

height: 281mm
width: 231mm

Location

Burlington House - Box C

Content description

Printing plate showing the gateway of Hever Castle, Kent. Printing plate maker's stamp and old label on the reverse.

Inscriptions

Inscription content

WM EASTWOOD
4. HARP ALLEY
SHOE LANE LONDON

Inscription content

Hever Castle
Kent
Streatfield

References

Reference (controlled)

Betti, Chiara. “Lost Treasures Resurface: The Untold Story of the Society of Antiquaries’ Printing Plates.” The Antiquaries Journal 104 (2024): 304–42. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003581524000179.
    Printing plate showing the gateway of Hever Castle, Kent. Printing plate maker's stamp on the reverse.
    The plate is listed in a handlist of the woodblocks and copper plates commissioned by Thomas Streatfeild. The handlist was found in one of the Society's drawers with the woodblock. The plate is described as "Interior of Hever Castle, small".

    Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Mr Thomas Nesbit.