unknown artist, Duke's Place, 1793
- Title:
- Duke's Place
- Date:
- 1793
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and line engraving on slightly textured, moderately thick, white wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 13/16 × 8 1/16 inches (27.5 × 20.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower center: "The south gates, being now the principal remains of | DUKES PLACE | a magnificent house, near Aldgate, built by Sir Thomas Audley Knight, | Lord Chancellor, on the site of the ancient priory of the Holy Trinity, | (founded by Matilda of Scotland, Queen of Henry 1; and after the disso- | lution given to Audley by King Henry 8). It came, subsequently, to | Thomas Duke of Norfolk, by his marriage with Audley's daughter, & thence | took the above name of Duke's place." and below "Publish'd Jany. 1. 1793 by N. Smith No. 18 Gt. Mays Buildlings St. Martins Lane. See Pennants London"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.15201
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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