The Charter House, London

Author Related author John Stow British

1720 or later reissue

Not on view

This bird's-eye view with title in a banderole at the top of the image represents a complex of buildings in Smithfield, London (now Islington). The Charterhouse was founded as a Carthusian priory in 1371 and dissolved by Henry VIII in 1537. The site was largely rebuilt in the 1540s into a courtyard style house. When Thomas Sutton made a substantial endowment in 1611, the buildings were adapted to serve as an almshouse (retirement home for male pensioners) and a school. That is what is depicted here. The almshouse still occupies the site. The school moved to Godalming, Surrey in 1872.

Artwork Details

Title: The Charter House, London
Series/Portfolio: Stow's Survey of London
Artist: Johannes Kip (Dutch, Amsterdam before 1653–1721? London)
Author: Related author John Stow (British, 1525?–1605)
Date: 1720 or later reissue
Medium: Etching and engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 12 13/16 in. (21.2 × 32.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Object Number: 17.3.1166-388
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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