A View of Lambeth Palace

Jan Griffier I (1645? - 1718)

Lambeth Palace Library

1663 - 1718

This drawing was almost certainly made on the spot and shows the two fifteenth-century towers of Lambeth Palace which overlook the river and the Great Hall rebuilt around 1663 to replace the medieval hall demolished during the Commonwealth period. Griffier also depicts a building between the Great Hall and Lollards Tower which was demolished by the architect Edward Blore in the 1820s.

• Medium: red chalk, traces of black lead on paper
• Dimensions: 10 x 15 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £1811 ( Total: £3,623)
• ArtFunded in: 1996
• Vendor: Bernard Quaritch Ltd

Provenance

Sotheby Mak Van Waay, Amsterdam, 16/11/81, lot 217; Sotheby's, London, 18/4/66, lot 26.

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