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Highgate Archway, Sept. 1812 [print] : etched on the spot.

Accession number
PML 146292.25
Creator
Ker, H. Bellenden (Henry Bellenden), 1785?-1871.
Published
[England : s.n., 1812]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from ms. caption.
Etching printed on chine collé.
Signed at upper left hand corner of plate with monogram "HB Ker".
See British Museum catalog item numbers 1867,1214.445 & 1853,0112.164 for additional impressions of this etching.
Library's copy bound into an album comprised of collected etchings by H.B. Ker (see PML 146292).
Description
1 print : etching; plate mark: 112 x 150 mm; sheet: 210 x 285 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Caption in pencil: Highgate Archway, Sept. 1812 / etched on the spot.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Evidently a view of the excavated grounds for the Highgate Archway, showing a rocky landscape in with a temporary bridge at center, and a group of houses among trees in background at right.
Classification
Department