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Printing plate
copper plate Lavatory at Battel Hall, Leeds

Object number

LDSAL2022.2.13

Artist/Designer/Maker

Unknown artist

Production date

19th century

Material

copper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

height: 278mm
width: 226mm

Location

Burlington House - Box C

Content description

Printing plate of a carved lavatory at Battel Hall, 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

Battle Church
Leeds
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 of a carved lavatory at Battel Hall, Kent. Printing plate maker's stamp on reverse.
    The lavatory is still preserved at Battel Hall.

    The plate is listed in a handlist of the woodblock 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 "Lavatory at Battel Hall, Leeds".

    Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Mr Thomas Nesbit.