Abingdon Abbey card

Abingdon Abbey

Alfred Rimmer, 1878 about
WAG 2469

Currently not on display

Walker Art Gallery

Information

Rimmer was an artist and architectural historian - he published many books examining historic buildings, illustrating them himself. He published 'Pleasant Spots Around Oxford' in 1878, for which this is a prepatory sketch. The published engravings were done by Percy Roberts after Rimmer's sketches. Abingdon is a market town in Oxfordshire, historically the county town of Berkshire until the county boundary changes in 1974. It claims to be the oldest town in England. The Abbey was supposedly founded in 675. The church no longer remains, but the long gallery, possibly on the right hand side in this image, is still there.

Specifications

Accession number
WAG 2469
Collection type
Drawing or Watercolour - Watercolour
Artist
Alfred Rimmer
Date made
1878 about
Materials
Paper; Wash
Measurements
Paper: 19.6 cm x 12.9 cm
Credit line
Purchased by the Walker Art Gallery in 1883
Legal status
Permanent collection
Provenance
Alfred Rimmer, Previous owner, Maker, Sold to the Walker Art Gallery, Owned unti…
Location
Item not currently on display
Inscription
Signature, Front; Lower right: A. Rimmer