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Title:
The King's Head, Hackney
Object name(s):
Watercolour
Brief description:
Watercolour depicting The King's Head pub, Hackney.
Collection:
Victoria and Albert Museum
Associated concept:
Drinking
Associated concept:
Entertainment & Leisure
Associated concept:
Paintings
Associated concept:
London history
Associated person:
Gardner, John Edmund
Associated place:
Hackney
Content - concept:
inns
Content - concept:
pubs
Content - concept:
rural areas
Content - place:
Hackney
Credit line:
Given by the Hon. Arthur Villiers
Current reproduction location:
https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2010EE8484/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
Location type:
Thumbnail
Dimension:
height
Dimension measurement unit:
in
Dimension value:
11
Dimension:
width
Dimension measurement unit:
in
Dimension value:
7.5
Inscription content:
J. T. Wilson 1868
Material:
water-colour
Object history note:
This object was part of the John Edmund Gardner collection of topographical prints and drawings of London. After Gardner's death the collection passed to his son Edmund Thomas, but was sold to Edward Coates MP in 1910. The collection was sold again in 1923 after Coates' death, and was split between various institutions and private collectors. The portion connected with Hoxton, Homerton, Hackney and Bethnal Green was bought by the Hon. Arthur Villiers and donated to the Bethnal Green Museum.
Object name:
Watercolour
Object number:
E.4716-1923
Object production date:
1868
Date - association:
made
Date - earliest / single:
1868-01-01
Date - latest:
1868-12-31
Object production person:
Wilson, J. T.
Person's association:
artist
Object production place:
Hackney
Place association:
made
Physical description:
Watercolour depicting The King's Head pub, Hackney.
Reproduction number:
2010EE8484
Responsible department/section:
PDP
Technique:
painting
Technique:
Water-colour painting
Text reason:
Collections online record
User's reference:
Reference:
Taken from departmental handlist.

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/02de4284-117c-3f9e-9eff-16ec428e5d77

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/02de4284-117c-3f9e-9eff-16ec428e5d77, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC

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