The Front Elevation of Bromley College, Kent, from Edward Hasted's, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, vols. 1-3
1777–90
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Book: 17 5/16 × 11 × 13/16 in. (44 × 28 × 2 cm) Sheet: 16 15/16 × 10 5/8 in. (43 × 27 cm) Plate: 10 1/16 × 14 in. (25.5 × 35.5 cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Bonnie and Manuel Schonhorn, 2014
Accession Number
2014.599.5
Tags
Art Historical Context
This etching and engraving by John Bayly captures the stately front elevation of Bromley College in Kent, as published in Edward Hasted’s comprehensive *History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent* (1777–90). The image forms part of a multi-volume work that documented the county’s historic buildings, landscapes, and institutions for an educated eighteenth-century audience eager to preserve Britain’s architectural heritage. Bromley College itself, founded in the seventeenth century as an almshouse for clergy widows, stands as a symbol of charitable tradition rendered here with measur...