Design for museums at south Kensington. Wood engraving by W. E. Hodgkin after R. Kerr, 1864.
- Date:
- 25 June 1864
- Reference:
- 38586i
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The competition for the new museums on the 1862 Exhibition site was won by Captain Fowke (see no. 38584i in the Wellcome Library catalogue), he died the following year, 1865. Work was then passed on to other hands
Publication/Creation
[London] : The builder, 25 June 1864.
Physical description
1 print : wood engraving ; image and border 27.8 x 16.8 cm
Lettering
Proposed museums, south Kensington. ; W. E. Hodgkin
On the verso is a long explanation of the plate, and a protestation from Kerr to the effect that, as Fowke did not obey the rules of the competition, he (Kerr) should have won
References note
Survey of London, vol. 38, 1975
Reference
Wellcome Collection 38586i
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