A View of a Window
Edward Orme (1775- 1848)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1771 (post) - 1830 (pre)
Materials
Paper and watercolour
Measurements
248 x 219 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 938655
Summary
Transparent print of a 'View of a Window' from a church interior, with watercolour accents on the front and the whole drawing copied in watercolour on the reverse. The following print appears below the circular image: VIEW OF A WINDOW / From a Transparent Drawing by a Lady / Sold & Published as the Act directs, by Edw'd. Orme, Conduit Street, corner of George Street, London. / The first Inventor of Transparent Prints. '...a Lady' has been crossed out by hand in black ink and 'the Honble W.B. Grey / in the possession of Lady Louisa Grey ----' handwritten in black ink alongside.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).
Makers and roles
Edward Orme (1775- 1848), engraver (printmaker) The Hon. William Booth Grey (1773 - 1852), artist