Francis Place
1647-1728
Panoramic View of Hartlepool, Showing the Parish Church, St. Hilda (built ca. 1200). Verso: View of Hartlepool Showing the Old Town Hall
17 5/8 x 3 3/4 inches (448 x 95 mm)
Pen and black ink, with brown ink, brown and blue wash, on two pieces of paper, joined vertically at center. Verso: brown ink.
1973.16
Purchased as the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Morgan.
Notes
Watermark: none.
The drawing has now been removed from its old mount, which is inscribed in an old hand in pen and brown ink at lower right, "Original sketch by Mr. F. Place. 1710"; and on verso, "Hartlepoole".
The drawing has now been removed from its old mount, which is inscribed in an old hand in pen and brown ink at lower right, "Original sketch by Mr. F. Place. 1710"; and on verso, "Hartlepoole".
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed by the artist in pen and black ink at upper right center, "Hoartlepoole at S.W."
Associated names
Morgan, Charles F., donor.
Morgan, Charles F., Mrs., donor.
Morgan, Charles F., Mrs., donor.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Seventeenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1972-1974. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976, p. 176-177.
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Century Drawings
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