Printing plate
copper plate
Font at Kirkham Priory
Object number
LDSAL2022.2.59
Artist/Designer/Maker
Fowler, William - Engraver
Harris, George - Printing plate maker
Harris, George - Printing plate maker
Production date
1821
Material
copper
Technique
Etching
Aquatint
Aquatint
Dimensions
height: 434mm
width: 342mm
width: 342mm
Location
Burlington House - RUB M
Content description
Printing plate depicting the eight sides of a font dug out of Kirkham Priory; with copper plate maker's stamp on reverse.
Inscriptions
Inscription content
THE EIGHT SIDES OF THE FONT
Inscription content
FONT dug out of the Ruins of KIRKHAM PRIORY
Inscription content
WFowler Del et fecit Sept. 24th 1821
Inscription date
1821
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 the eight sides of a font dug out of Kirkham Priory; with copper plate maker's stamp on reverse.
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 larger version of another plate depicting the same subject (see LDSAL2022.2.24).
Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Dr Richard Goddard FSA.
This is a larger version of another plate depicting the same subject (see LDSAL2022.2.24).
Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Dr Richard Goddard FSA.
