C. Varley - "St Albans", 1815.

Social History (Museum of St Albans)

1982.2329

"St Albans". Cornelius Varley, engraved by George Cooke, St Albans from the South, 1815. Very soft-surfaced white handmade wove paper, containing China Clay. China Clay was originally added to paper as a whitener, but it was then found useful in ink retention during printing. The specks and shives visible in the sheet indicate that chlorine bleach was also used to whiten the low-quality rags used in this paper’s manufacture. View of St Albans across farmland now occupied by Verulamuim Park, looking towards St Albans Abbey and the Abbey Gateway with agricultural figures in the foreground. Drawn by Cornelius Varley, engraved by G Cooke. Published in London by Nichols, Son & Bentley, May 1, 1815.

1815

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Amy Cooke

4) Verulamium Archive Room

Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK, AL1 1BY

PWD Box 2

10/03/2006