Bishops Gate Norwich (after Joseph Farington)
William Russell Birch (Warwick 1755 – Philadelphia USA 1834)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1789
Materials
Paper
Measurements
232 mm (H)280 mm (W)192 m* (H)240 mm (W)
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Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 1396353
Summary
Print, engraving, Bishops Gate Norwich (after Joseph Farington RA) by William Russell Birch (Warwick 1755 – Philadelphia USA 1834). View of gate across bridge. Painted by J. Farington RA, engraved by W. Birch, enamel painter, published by Wm Birch, Hampstead Heath, London 1789. Sold by T. Thornton, Southampton St, Covent Garden. Some foxing. Brown frame with black veneer, glazed.
Provenance
Part of the Windham Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1969 by Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)
Makers and roles
William Russell Birch (Warwick 1755 – Philadelphia USA 1834), engraver (printmaker) Joseph Farington, RA (Leigh, Manchester 1747 - Didsbury, Canada 1821), artist