From:NHerts
Name/TitleSt. Alban’s Abbey Church, South East View; 1885: photogravure
About this objectSt. Alban’s Abbey Church, South East View; 1885, photogravure by Emery Walker from a pen and ink drawing by F L Griggs. It shows a south-east view of the abbey church, with the chancel, south transept and tower at the nave crossing.
A slightly revised version, with less detail but more people and an added path, was used for Highways and Byways in Hertfordshire, published in 1902.
MakerFrederick Landseer Maur Griggs RA
Maker RoleArtist
MakerSir Emery Walker
Maker RoleEngraver
Date Made1901
Period20th Century (1901-2000)
Medium and MaterialsOrganic | Paper
Ink
Inscription and MarksF L GRIGGS 1901 (within drawing)
F. L. Griggs. del. (below drawing, left)
St. Alban’s Abbey Church | South East View; 1885 (below drawing, centre)
Emery Walker Ph. sc. (below drawing, right)
Measurements337 × 229 mm (card)
229 × 205 mm (recessed area)
210 × 170 mm (image area)
Named CollectionHitchin Museum
Credit LineEmma C Fisher bequest (York Road, Hitchin, Herts), via Manager, Trustee Department, Westminster Bank, 28 Market Hill, Cambridge, executor
Object TypePhotogravure
Object number6015
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved