West End of St Alban's Abbey
Solomon Alexander Hart, RA (1806-1881)
August 1831
Pencil and watercolour on wove paper
249 mm x 167 mm
Collection of the Royal Academy of Arts
Object number 03/7346
Bequeathed by Richard Phené Spiers, 1916
This is an example of the kind of study which Hart was making for the publisher Charles Knight in the 1830s, for wood-engravings. These were used to illustrate the type of topographical works that were so popular at that time.
Image capture, formatting and comment by Jacqueline Banerjee.