Tower of the Grey Friars

George, Jnr Hawkins (1809 - 1852)

Colour lithograph

published January 1851

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  • About the work
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    Country: UK
    City: London
    Place: Government Art Collection
  • About the artist
    Draughtsman and lithographer George Hawkins junior produced plates after his own designs and those by contemporary artists. Hawkins worked for the publisher Day and Son and specialised in topography and architectural subjects. Fellow lithographer Louis Haghe was a close friend and it was reported that when Haghe stopped engraving ‘Flemish groupings’ in ecclesiastical or medieval interiors, Hawkins was left unrivalled in the subject. He also produced lithographic views of cathedrals, ruined abbeys, churches, country estates and public buildings, including bridges and railway viaducts. Lithographer Alfred Newman was his pupil. Hawkins died following ‘a distressing and incurable malady’ in his 43rd year, at his home in Camden Town, London.
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    Artist
    George, Jnr Hawkins (1809 - 1852)
    Title
    Tower of the Grey Friars
    Date
    published January 1851
    Medium
    Colour lithograph
    Acquisition
    Purchased from Baynton-Williams, February 1977
    GAC number
    12871