Print of Temple Bar, the old gateway to the City of London attributed to Christopher Wren, at its site in Theobalds Park (Cheshunt, Hertfordshire). A reproduced pen drawing, with the printed signature of Hubert Williams at the lower right corner.
Print of Temple Bar, the old gateway to the City of London attributed to Christopher Wren, at its site in Theobalds Park (Cheshunt, Hertfordshire). A reproduced pen drawing, with the printed signature of Hubert Williams at the lower right corner.
Taken down from Fleet Street in 1878 and re-erected at Theobalds Park in 1880, the gateway stood in the park for more than a century, until its return to central London, at Paternoster Square, in 2004.
Medium: Print on paper, with printed signature.
Artist / after: Hubert Williams.
Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.1 in (26.8 x 20.5 cm).
Condition: Fair. Paper yellowed, with a crease in the upper margin; printed text on the reverse shows through.