The hospital of St. Petronilla, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk: exterior. Etching by R.B. Godfrey, 1781, after M. Tyson.

  • Tyson, Michael, 1740-1780.
Date:
1 January, 1781
Reference:
15753i
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In the foreground, a traveller stands before a cross-roads sign pointing to London and to Ipswich

Publication/Creation

[London] (120 Long Acre) : Ricd. Godfrey, 1 January, 1781.

Physical description

1 print : etching, with line engraving ; platemark 18.2 x 22.5 cm

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The hospital of St Petronilla at Bury. ; Godfrey sc. ; M.T. del. Bears number: 3

Creator/production credits

Attribution to Michael Tyson from John Nichols, Literary anecdotes of the eighteenth century, London 1814, vol. 7, p. 677 ("This drawing was made by my late friend Mr Tyson, in April last, and was the last effort of his excellent pencil.")

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Wellcome Collection 15753i

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