The Burning of the Custom House, February 12th & 13th, 1814

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English School, 1814
The Burning of the Custom House, February 12th & 13th, 1814
pencil and watercolour with scratching out
9 x 13¾ in. (22.8 x 35 cm.)

Provenance

with Arthur Greatorex, London.

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Lot Essay

The Custom House was built btween 1717 and 1725 by Thomas Ripley, on the foundations of an earlier building by Sir Christopher Wren, that had been severly damaged by fire after a nearby gunpowder magazine exploded. The picture show Ripley's Custom House being burnt down in 1814 to make way for a newer and larger building.

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