Isaac Johnson (Woodbridge 1754-1834)

Two views of Dunwich: Gateway of St James's Hospital (illustrated); and All Saints' Church

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Isaac Johnson (Woodbridge 1754-1834)
Two views of Dunwich: Gateway of St James's Hospital (illustrated); and All Saints' Church
one inscribed 'Gate Way of S^t James's Hospital, Ruins of S^t James's and All Saints Churches, in DUNWICH, Suffolk.' (lower centre), one inscribed 'All Saints Church, as seen from the Shore, also the Remains of the Seat of the Late S^r Jacob Downing, Dunwich.' (lower centre)
one pencil and watercolour, one pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour, within the artist's framing lines
6¼ x 9¼ in. (15.8 x 23½ in.) (2)

Provenance

with Sabin Galleries, London.

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Lot Essay

Dunwich was a prosperous coastal town on the Suffolk coast in early Medieval times. It was to suffer from coastal erosion in the 13th and 14th Centuries with large parts of the thriving port being swept into the sea. Much of the town continued to disappear and All Saints' Church, the last surviving church in the town, collapsed in 1919 with only one gravestone remaining perched on the cliff today.

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