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Printing plate
copper plate Percy's Shrine

Object number

LDSAL2022.2.146

Artist/Designer/Maker

Fowler, William - Engraver
Harris, George - Printing plate maker

Production date

1813

Material

copper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

height: 648mm
width: 435mm

Location

Burlington House -

Content description

Printing plate depicting Percy’s Shrine, on the north side of the altar in Beverley Minster; copper plate maker's stamp on the reverse.

Inscriptions

Inscription content

Percy's Shrine / ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ALTAR IN BEVERLEY MINSTER, / RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED (by Permission) to the most Rev.d Father in God. EDWARD LORD ARCH BISHOP OF YORK, / By his obliged and very grateful Serv.t W.m Fowler

Inscription content

W.m Fowler Del. et Fecit

Inscription content

Pub.d March 12th, 1812 by W.m Fowler. Winterton, Lincolnshire

Inscription date

12/03/1813

Inscription content

G. HARRIS / NO. 31 SHOE LANE / LONDON

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 depicting Percy’s Shrine, on the north side of the altar in Beverley Minster; copper plate maker's stamp on the reverse.
    This etching was published in volume IV of Fowler's prints.

    The prints from this plate were not published for sale but circulated privately among Fowler's circle.