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Printing plate
copper plate Font from Kirkham Priory

Object number

LDSAL2022.2.24

Artist/Designer/Maker

Fowler, William - Engraver

Production date

c.1821

Material

copper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

height: 115mm
width: 169mm

Location

Burlington House - RUB M

Content description

Small printing plate depicting the font from Kirkham Priory.

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.
    Small printing plate depicting the font from Kirkham Priory.
    This etching is included in the Earl of Crawford's fourth volume of Fowler's prints, which contained prints circulated by the artists among his circles but never published.

    This is a reduced version of another plate depicting the same subject (see LDSAL2022.2.59).

    Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Mr Philip Lankester FSA.