The Custom House
Samuel Owen (1768 - 1857)
Richard Gilson Reeve (1803 - 1889)
Coloured aquatint
published 1828-
About the work
- Location
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Country: UK
City: London
Place: HM Revenue & Customs, 100 Parliament Street
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About the artist
London-born Richard Gilson Reeve was the son, and most likely pupil, of Richard Reeve (born 1780). Both father and son were aquatint engravers, mainly of sporting and marine subjects.
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Explore
- Places
- England, River Thames, London, St. Paul's Cathedral, Monument to the Great Fire, City of London, Custom House, Church of St. Magnus the Martyr
- Subjects
- rowing boat, wagon, topography, Victorian Genre, river bank, river, man, monument, government building, church, cathedral, spire, dome, tower, sailboat, buoy
- Materials & Techniques
- aquatint, coloured aquatint
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Details
- Title
- The Custom House
- Date
- published 1828
- Medium
- Coloured aquatint
- Dimensions
- height: 21.50 cm, width: 29.50 cm
- Acquisition
- Purchased from Agnew's, November 1962
- Provenance
- With Agnew’s Gallery, London (Stock No.23033); from whom purchased by the Ministry of Works in November 1962
- GAC number
- 5955