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Object within Schaaf no. 2362

Gothick arch at Lacock Abbey, taken with a Camera Obscura

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Object details

Created: 21 Mar 1840

Image size: h 17.6cm x w 21.4cm

Paper size: h 18.6cm x w 22.8cm

Object Type: Salted Paper Print

Mount: grey paper

Physical description: top corners of negative clipped

Inscription: in pencil, recto, on mount, Lacock Abbey

Owner: Private

Rights and Reproduction

This object is part of Schaaf no. 2362

Gothick arch at Lacock Abbey, taken with a Camera Obscura

Location: Lacock Abbey

Keywords: Architecture Landscape

The arch is not true medieval Gothic. It is part of the Gothic revival (also known as Gothick) additions to Lacock Abbey designed as by Sanderson Miller in the eighteenth century.

The Gothic revival additions to Lacock Abbey are discussed in a project blog.

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