Title
[West Ham Abbey Church].
Publication details
[about 1750-1760]
Physical details
1 drawing : pen and black ink with monochrome wash ; sheet 23.8 x 33.9 cm
Description
A south-east view of West Ham Abbey Church; figures standing in the foreground; a row of houses on the right; gravestones in the middle ground. Inscribed 'West Ham Abbey Essex' in brown ink on verso.
Place
London (England)
Additional information
There are three almost identical versions of this view, probably by the same hand, in the King's Topographical Collection: Maps K.Top.13.39.a., Maps K.Top.13.39.b. and Maps K.Top.13.39.c. Maps K.Top.13.39.b. shows pencil lines in a grid format for 'squaring-up'. Both Maps K.Top.13.39.b. and Maps K.Top.13.39.c.depict a man digging a grave in the left-hand side which is not present at Maps K.Top.13.39.a.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.13.39.c.