Lavenham Church from the South
Dating
1748
Material / Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
24.5 x 33.1 cm
Inscription
Inscription: Inscribed: THE SOUTH VIEW OF LAVENHAM CHURCH, IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK./ To the Rt. Revd. THOMAS Lord Bishop of/Ely Master, and the Worshipful Fellows of Caius Colledge/ in Cambridge/ This Prospect is humbly Inscrib'd, by/their most Obedient and Dutiful Servt / Josa Kirby.// This Church & Steeple (which are very curious pieces / of Gothic Architecture partly Freestone & part Flint/ work) are suppos'd to have been built by the De Veres / Earls of Oxford and the Springs who were in ye beginning/of the Sixteenth Century a florishing Family of this Town./ Drawn after nature by Josa Kirby, and Publish's by him 25 March 1748 - Engrav'd by J. Wood
Object Number
1990.045
Display Status
In storage
Credit Line
Purchased with an anonymous donation given through the National Art Collections Fund and the Gainsborough's House Society Development Trust, 1990