The Gateway of Kirkham Priory

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

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.

Places

England, Yorkshire

Subjects

topography, tree, dog, river, hill, stone/rock, man, woman, basket, jug, fence, path, gate, priory, ruin, church windows

Materials & Techniques

lithograph, colour lithograph

Artist

William Richardson
George, Jnr Hawkins (1809 - 1852)

Title

The Gateway of Kirkham Priory

Date

published July 1848

Medium

Colour lithograph

Acquisition

Purchased from Baynton-Williams, January 1976

GAC number

12149