Artist: Talbot Bury (British, 1811-1877), architect and architectural draughtsman. Worked in London and Liverpool and produced Parisian views.
Engraver: William Gauci (British, 1826-1854 (fl.), lithographer, worked in London.
Title: Church of St Dunstan in the West. The view looking East showing the Altar. The Guild Church of St Dunstan-in-the-West is on Fleet Street in the City of London. It is dedicated to Dunstan, Bishop of London and Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is of medieval origin, although the present building, with an octagonal nave, was constructed in the 1830s to the designs of John Shaw. This view was drawn by T.T. Bury and documented the old church shortly before its demolition.
Signed, Numbered, Titled, and Dated: On Stone by W. Gauci from original drawing by T. T. Bury. Printed by Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co.
Dimensions: Sheet 12" x 10". Church of St Dunstan in the West. The view looking East shewing the Altar.
Publisher: Godefroy Engelmann I (French, 1788-1839), lithographic printer, famed 'Körner' (grinder) for crayon lithographs and patentee of chromolithography.
Edition: Views Exhibiting the Exterior & Interior and Principal Monuments of the very Ancient and Remarkable Church of St Dunstan in the West in the City of London, to which is added an Historical Account of the Church by the Revd J. F. Denham...
Date: C. 1830.
Materials and Techniques: Lithograph on India paper laid on wove paper.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Wear to edges; l.l. corner is broken. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of Series: St Dunstan in the West.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1948,0315.7.38.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: British School XIX C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of the same item from the British Museum collection.