[Armorial pavement in the cathedral at Gloucester] [art original].

Creator:

Tovey, J., active 1793, artist.

Copyright Date:

[ca. 1793]

Physical Description:

1 drawing : pen and ink on wove paper ; sheet 26.8 x 22.6 cm

Notes:

Artist identified as Tovey in the Sotheby's catalogue description of the volume in which this drawing is bound.
Date based on publication date of the work in which this drawing is bound.
Formerly owned by Lindsay Fleming, Aldwick Grange, Bognor Regis, Sussex. Sold at Sotheby's (Lindsay Fleming sale), lot 144, to Pickering & Chatto for W.S. Lewis, 23 March 1972.
Mounted on page 106.1 in volume 1 of James Dallaway's interleaved, extra-illustrated copy of his: Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England. Gloucester : Printed by R. Raikes, for T. Cadell, London, 1793.
Title from the print of the same composition that was issued as an illustration to the volume.

Abstract:

Drawing of three sections of the floor at Gloucester Cathedral, showing the tiles on which armorial designs were painted.

Topics:

Coats of arms.

Topics:

Dallaway, James,--1763-1834--Ownership.
Fleming, Lindsay--Ownership.
Gloucester Cathedral--Pictorial works.

Language:

No linguistic content; Not applicable

Genre:

Ink drawings--British--18th century.
Pen works--British--18th century.

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Paintings & Drawings

Rights:

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Source Title:

Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England.

Call Number:

Quarto 142 793D vol.1

Orbis Record:

13681899

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr36641

Citation:

J. Tovey, Armorial Pavement in the Cathedral at Gloucester. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

OID:

16702997

PID:

digcoll:4677804