Print made by Percy Thomas, 1846–1922, British, The Cloisters, 1897
- Title:
- The Cloisters
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1897
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching; proof on laid paper
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside plate, lower right: "Percy Thomas 1897 Temple"; inscribed on verso, center: "THE CLOISTERS. | ONE of the most interesting survivals of the original grouping of the | Temple Buildings as a Monastic, or quasi-monastic establishment. | The present Hall of the Inner Temple stands upon the site of the | Refectory of the Knights Templars, and the cloister upon that of the | original cloisters connecting the Refectory with the Church. The present | cloister was built in 1681, as an inscription records, in place of its | predecessor destroyed by fire in 1678."
Signed in graphite, lower left: "Percy Thomas"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art; Gift of John W. Davis
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1980.14.2
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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