- Title:
- Archbishop Abbot’s Hospital, Guildford, View from the High Street
- Additional Title(s):
- Verso: Ancient Ornamental Rainwater Pipes, Archbishop Abbot's Hospital
- Date:
- 1849
- Materials & Techniques:
- Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 3/4 × 12 1/4 inches (24.8 × 31.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, upper left: "Archbishop Abbot's Hospital, Gilford. | View from the High Street."; in graphite, upper left to upper right: "All he Ww except there L gateway are | drawn too short. | top of square chimney shaft | X | Ww full high up | brick | brick | brick | not high enough | gateway | flint"; upper center to lower center: "Turret too Large | his turret Scarcely large enough" upper right: "9 balustrades and two halves each bay of front screen | center doorway | hardly important enough | center lamp"; lower center: "9 & 2 halves"; inscribed on verso in pen and black ink, upper left to upper right: "Archbishop Abbot's Hospital, Guildford. Ancient Ornamental Rainwater pipes."; in graphite: "egg molding (?) on top | eaves | arms | flange | sling | side"; center: "wall line | plan | lead pipes | octagon scarcely large enough | proportion to sides | (see plan) | uncertain"; lower center: "lower part of | lead pipes | brick plinth"
Lettered inside image in graphite, center left: "TYE'S | MILLINERY | HOUSE | 22 TYE 22"
Signed and dated in black ink, lower right: "J. Drayton Wyatt, | Jany 30. 1849"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift from the Estate of Christopher P. Monkhouse
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2022.4.64
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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John Drayton Wyatt, 1820–1891, British, Archbishop Abbot’s Hospital, Guildford, View from the High Street, 1849
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