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Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772, British, Westminster Abbey and Bridge from Somerset Garden, 1759
- Title:
Westminster Abbey and Bridge from Somerset Garden
- Date:
- 1759
- Medium:
- Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 7 7/8 x 10 1/4 inches (20 x 26 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite lower left: "2 3 4"; in graphite lower left: "1. Wesminster Bridge. 2. St. John's Chruch. 3 The Parliament House. 4 Wesminster Hall. 6. Wesminster Abbey."; inscribed on back in graphite and pen and brown ink upper left: "A View of West Minster Abbey, Taken the 22d. of June 1759. from Somerset Garden."; in graphite center right: "Publish'd 66 | of - "; in graphite lower right: "171. | 1 of - "
Collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.5723
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- abbey | architectural subject | bridge (built work) | church | cityscape | garden
- Associated Places:
- England | London | Somerset | United Kingdom | Westminster | Westminster Abbey | Westminster bridge
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:14976
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