Preview
Creation Date
19th century
Geography
London, England
Culture
English
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
With mat: 10 1/2 × 9 1/16 in. (26.7 × 23 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Sarah Blick, 2020
Accession Number
2020.471
Provenance
Purchased by Sarah Blick from an antique shop in Canterbury in 1998.
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings
Beneath image, lower left: "T. Barber delṭ", lower right, "H. Winkles sculpṭ"
Lower margin, center: "BONCHURCH."
Lower page, center: "London, Published by Simpkin & Marshall , Stationers Court ."
Creator Biography
Thomas Barber, English, 1830– (fl.) (drawer).
Henry Winkles, English, 1801–1860 (engraver).
Simpkin & Marshall, English, 1819–1940s (fl.) (publisher).
Description
View overlooking the lush greenery of hills and trees, with several thatched-roof cottages nestled in the center, smoke billowing from their chimneys. A figure overlooks them in the lower left corner, while another stands behind a gate in the lower right.
The caption indicates this is a view of Bonchurch, a small village in the south of the Isle of Wight, England.