Object number1864.2.2785

Title Page for Illustrations of the Public Buildings of London by John Britton and Augustus Pugin

Date1825

Artist William Henry Ansted (English, active c. 1825–1850)

CultureEnglish

MediumPencil

DimensionsMatted: 22 x 16 in. (55.88 x 40.64 cm)
Sheet: 7 x 5 3/4 in. (17.78 x 14.61 cm)

Credit LineGift of Matthew Vassar

On View

Not on view

Period19th c

Classification(s)

Drawings and Watercolors

SignedSigned (LL): J.B. direx. t H. Ansted del.; (LR): H. Winkles sc. Dated: Jan. 1825

InscribedInscribed (at bottom): Somerset Place, London, published Jan. 1825 by J. Taylor High Holborn (at sides): (notes referring to individual panels)

BibliographyLandscapes of Retrospection (Poughkeepsie: FLLAC, 1999), p. 115 repr. ProvenanceCollections: Elias Magoon
Exhibition HistoryPoughkeepsie, NY, FLLAC, Vassar College, "Landscapes of Retrospection," October 15 - December 19, 1999;

The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, January 25 - March 25, 2001;

The Heinz Architectural Center, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 9 - September 2, 2001;

Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, February 9 - April 7, 2002 (see below)
Descriptionmatted with 1864.2.2786

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