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General Plan of the Priory Church of Clerkenwell, with the Cemetery, of the Nunnery adjoining London
General Plan of the Priory Church of Clerkenwell, with the Cemetery, of the Nunnery adjoining London
Object number1864.2.1836

General Plan of the Priory Church of Clerkenwell, with the Cemetery, of the Nunnery adjoining London

Date1788
Artist (English, 1748-1817)
CultureEnglish
MediumInk and watercolor on tracing paper
DimensionsSheet: 12 7/8 x 10 1/8 in. (32.7 x 25.72 cm)
Credit LineGift of Matthew Vassar
On View
Not on view
Period18th c
Classification(s)
SignedNot signed
InscribedInscribed (LL): This Church was formerly part of the Priory called Ecclessia beatae Mariae de Fonte, Clericorum, for Nuns of the order of St. Benedict, founded in the year 1100, upon 14 acres of land, given by Jordan Brifset to Robert his Chaplin, to build a religious house upon the priory was suppressed 26 of Henry VIII and after passing through various hands, the church, by purchase become vested, on the 2 of June, 1656, in trustees, for the use of the Parishioners of this parish.
ProvenanceCollections: Elias Magoon
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