Printing plate
copper plate
Barwick's Tombstone
Object number
LDSAL2022.2.58.a
Artist/Designer/Maker
Fowler, William - Engraver
Harris, George - Printing plate maker
Harris, George - Printing plate maker
Production date
12/1820
Material
copper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
height: 163mm
width: 262mm
width: 262mm
Location
Burlington House - RUB M
Content description
Printing plate depicting Barwick's tombstone in Selby Abbey Church; with copper plate maker's stamp on reverse.
Inscriptions
Inscription content
SELBY ABBEY CHURCH. _ BARWICK'S TOMB STONE
Inscription content
1 2 3
Scale of Feet
Scale of Feet
Inscription content
WFowler Del. et fecit Dec. 1820
Inscription date
1820
Inscription content
G. HARRIS
31 SHOE LANE
LONDON
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 Barwick's tombstone in Selby Abbey Church; with copper plate maker's stamp on reverse.
This copper plate was commissioned by Barnard Clarkson (1748–1826), a banker from Selby, who intended to publish a History of Selby. He commissioned eight prints to Fowler, reproducing details from the East window at Abbey Church and the present plate. After Clarkson's death, Edward Parker (1786–1865) obtained the few copies of the above prints that had been struck off.
Impressions from this plate were published on the 5th of April 1824 in a "Second Appendix to the Former Collection of Engravings" dedicated to John, Earl of Brownlow (1779–1853). The appendix contained twenty-six prints, and impressions could be purchased from William Fowler (Winterton, near Brigg), Mr W. Clarke (no. 38, New Bond Street, London), and Messers Manners & Miller (Edinburgh).
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.
Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Dr Richard Goddard FSA.
Impressions from this plate were published on the 5th of April 1824 in a "Second Appendix to the Former Collection of Engravings" dedicated to John, Earl of Brownlow (1779–1853). The appendix contained twenty-six prints, and impressions could be purchased from William Fowler (Winterton, near Brigg), Mr W. Clarke (no. 38, New Bond Street, London), and Messers Manners & Miller (Edinburgh).
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.
Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Dr Richard Goddard FSA.