Paintings, Prints & Drawings — 1831-1833
Kensal Green Cemetery
The General Cemetery Company was established in 1830 to oversee the construction of Kensal Green Cemetery in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea as a British equivalent of Père Lachaise in Paris. A competition was launched the following year in order to appoint an architect for the project and this watercolour by Thomas Allom may be an illustration of a plan by John William Griffith, who went on to design two chapels and the main gateway for the cemetery. The Grand Union Canal borders the cemetery to the left.
- Category:
- Paintings, Prints & Drawings
- Object ID:
- 74.72
- Object name:
- Kensal Green Cemetery
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Allom, Thomas
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- Production date:
- 1831-1833
- Material:
paper, watercolour
- Measurements/duration:
- H 268 mm, W 410 mm (paper)
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 60%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
- Creative commons usage:
- CC BY-NC 4.0
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