[View of a church] [art original]

Description

Title: [View of a church] [art original]
Creator: Miles, active 19th century, artist
Published / Created: [19th century]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: A view of a church, maybe the parish church of Saint Giles in Stoke Poges, also known as the Stoke Poges Church, seen in the middle distance, beyond a low picket fence and surrounded by trees
Description: Title from local catalog card.
Statement of responsibility written in pencil below image.
Date assigned by curator.
Watermark, trimmed: [J. What]man [...]0.
Inlaid on page 24 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Gray, T. Odes. Printed at Strawberry-Hill, for R. & J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, 1757.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Charles W. Frederickson, the volume being no. 625 in the catalogue of his library; sold in 1897. Later owned by Archibald Philip, Earl of Rosebery, with his armorial bookplate in the volume. Sold at the Rosebery sale, 28 June 1933, lot 688, to Maggs for W.S. Lewis.
Extent: 1 drawing : image 11.9 x 13 cm, on sheet 14 x 14 cm, inlaid to 30.4 x 24 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Quarto 33 1 Copy 2
Collection Title: Page 24. Odes.
Collection / Other Creator: Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771.
Collection Date: Printed at Strawberry-Hill, for R. & J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, 1757.

Genre: Pencil works British 19th century
Watermarks (Paper) J. Whatman
Material: pencil ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Churches
Subjects: Churches
British > 19th century
J. Whatman
Frederickson, Charles W. > Ownership
Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, Earl of, 1847-1929 > Ownership

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: Miles, View of a Church. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.