The Temple Church, as Restored

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The Temple Church, as Restored

Thomas Hosmer Shepherd (1793-1864)

Price

£3,500

Signed

Signed

Medium

Monochrome watercolour with pencil

Dimensions

3 ¾ x 5 ¾ inches

Illustrated

[James Elmes], Metropolitan Improvements or London in the Nineteenth Century, London: Jones & Co, 1828, facing page 130;
[James Elmes], London and Its Environs in the Nineteenth Century…Illustrated ... by Thomas H Shepherd, London: Jones & Co, 1828-31, (Engraved by James Tingle)

Exhibited

'Bliss Was It in That Dawn To Be Alive, 1750-1850',
Chris Beetles Gallery, London, October 2008, no 252;
'Chris Beetles Summer Show 2023', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, June-September 2023;
'The Law Show', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, December 2023

Mounted

Originally published as an engraving by Jones & Co on 16 August 1828 (engraved by J Carter)

'It has a circular external wall, with twelve openings, which serve as doors and windows, with dwarf buttresses between them ... The whole edifice was repaired in 1682, and again in 1827 and 1828, under the direction of Mr. Smirke, who has restored it in a masterly style."
[James Elmes], Metropolitan Improvements or London in the Nineteenth Century, pages 131-2