FDA-D.502-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.502-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
View of Devil's Tower Looking Towards Carrow Bridge
Devil's Tower, Norwich
Devil's Tower and Carrow Bridge, Norfolk
Cornish Torbock
Devil's Tower, Norwich
Devil's Tower and Carrow Bridge, Norfolk
Cornish Torbock
Title Type
Common name
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collection
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Comments
An etching after this work in the collection of the British Museum (Ref: 1902,0514.1249), wis inscribed in pencil below plate-mark with "From a drawing by Thirtle - in the possession of B Russell 1878".
Other number
CT 10
Description
Content (place)
Norfolk
Dimensions
height (actual size): 241mm
width (actual size): 340mm
width (actual size): 340mm
Inscription
Signed and dated indistinctly 'J Thirtle 1829' (lower left)
Materials & techniques note
Pencil and watercolour heightened with white and with scratching out
Production
Person
Thirtle, John, 1777 - 1839 (Artist)
Date
1829
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Possibly collection of B. Russell in 1878; collection of Cornish Torbock (1905-1993); by whom bequeathed to Eton College
Previous ownership
References
• Eton College Chronicle ('The Brewhouse Gallery' by WHM, Eton College Chronicle, 4 June 1995, p.6 [illustrated in b/w])
