[South front of Chichester Cross] [art original].
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Description
- Title
- [South front of Chichester Cross] [art original].
- Alternative Title
-
South front
Chichester cross - Creator
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created
- [between 1720 and 1756?]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
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Drawing of the southern front of Chichester Cross, a 15th-century market cross that stands in the center of the city of Chichester
- Description
-
Title devised by curator.
Sheet annotated in ink with "The south front" above image and "Chichester Cross" below image.
Date supplied by cataloger.
Sheet numbered "3" in upper right corner.
Laid down on an ink line mount.
Mounted on same page is a separate sheet on which the dedicatory inscription for the clock of Chichester Cross is reproduced in ink, beneath which is written "Inscription to south front".
Mounted on page 59 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others. - Provenance
- Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 32, to Smith [London, 1268]. Lord Waldegrave, July 1948, to W.S. Lewis, in a collection.
- Extent
- 1 drawing : sheet 25.4 x 16.9 cm, mounted to 27.7 x 19.3 cm, on page 41 x 27 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 49 3581 v.1
- Collection Title
- Volume 1, page 59. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector.
- Collection Date
- [England], [ca. 1757]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Ink drawings
Pencil works - Material
- pen and ink and pencil ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Chichester (England)
- Subject (Topic)
- Buildings, structures, etc
- Subjects
-
Chichester (England) > Buildings, structures, etc
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Vertue, George, 1684-1756 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Citation
- George Vertue, South Front of Chichester Cross. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 15714785
- Object ID (OID)
- 33202729