Library Collection. Drawings
Paris, from the heights above the Pont de Jena
Hakewill, James, 1778-1843 (draftsman)
May 1816
1 drawing : graphite ; 14 x 21.5 cm.
View sketched from what is now Rue Magdebourg, just above the Parc du Trocadéro, looking to the left of the Champ de Mars.
The drawing was glued on a cardboard, originally numbered 1.10, and kept in a portfolio. On the verso is a rough pencil sketch. Title from note on the original cardboard. Forms part of: Library Collection. Drawings.
Cubberley, T. & Herrmann, L. Twilight of the Grand Tour, p. 74, fig. 1.10
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Cities & townsDomesRiversBuildings, structures, etcPictorial works
FranceParisSeine RiverÎle-de-France
1810-1820
Drawings
British School at Rome
JH[DRA]-015
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The 22nd BSR Annual Report (1921-1922) notes the accession of the six portfolios of drawings made in Italy by James Hakewill in 1816-1817. Thanks are expressed to the heirs of the late Mr. Michael Tomkinson of Franche Hall, Kidderminster.
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