The Highgate Archway from the Turnpike Gate at Holloway

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

This view shows the road leading to the Highgate Archway, a viaduct designed by the architect John Nash (1752–1835) which was opened in 1813. Horse-drawn carriages are seen approaching the turnpike gate (or tollgate), just before the archway. To the left of the gate, is the Archway Tavern. Although this print was published by printsellers James Whittle and Richard Holmes Laurie, it is based on a version published by Rudolph Ackermann (1764–1834) in the year before the archway opened, and made after a design by Augustus Charles Pugin (1762–1832). Pugin’s version does not include the tollgate, which was presumably yet to be constructed, and shows a residential building on the site of the Archway Tavern. The designs for both Pugin’s version and this print were apparently drawn from a high position on a building opposite the turnpike.

Places

England, London, Holloway, Highgate Archway, Highgate

Subjects

cowherd, carriage, horseback, wagon, topography, Victorian Genre, tree, cow, horse, hill, man, woman, fence, gate, garden, lamp post, street, bridge (urban), house

Materials & Techniques

engraving, coloured engraving

Artist

British 19th century unknown

Title

The Highgate Archway from the Turnpike Gate at Holloway

Date

published 9 November 1813

Medium

Coloured engraving

Dimensions

height: 34.8 cm, width: 49 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from F B Daniell, November 1950

GAC number

1221