Dundee Art Galleries & Museum: 272-1987-23
Artist: Brunet-Debaines, Alfred-Louis
Date: 1877
State: 1/1
Size: 22.2 x 17.2 cm
Medium: Etching
| Details | Etching. Brown ink on wove paper. The New York Times, 30th July 1877 carried an advert for a series of works by Brunet-Debaines; ‘M. Brunet Debaines has undertaken a collection of Etchings of London which will be issued only to subscribers. The first series will include the Interior of the Temple Church, Fountain Court, Temple [although identified as separate prints Fountain Court and Temple are likely to be the single print Fountain Court, Temple], Temple Bar, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, St. Pauls from the River and Corn-Barges on the Thames and its completion will depend upon the number of subscriptions. Messrs. Seeley & Co., No. 54 Fleet-street, London, have consented to receive subscriptions, and the first series of six etchings will be sold for 2 guineas. Artist’s proofs to the number of 100 will be issued on Japanese paper.’ Orchar owned a complete set of Etchings of London therefore it seems likely he was one of the subscribers and purchased them during 1877. |
| Description | Lincoln’s Inn Fields is a large public square and just a short walk north-west of Fountain Court. The view is looking east, past the Royal College of Surgeon’s building on the right towards the arched gatehouse of The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, one of London’s four Inns of Court, just visible in the distance. |
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