Watercolour. 6 by 6¾ in.
Under the mount are the words in pencil “Beauchamp Tower,” and this
is probably correct. The building, however, has been much altered
since 1798.
Charles Tomkins, painter and aquatint engraver, son of W. Tomkins,
A.R.A., did a number of topographical views of London. In 1796 he
published a “Tour in the Isle of Wight,” with eighty engravings, and
in 1805 “Views of Reading Abbey.”
By C. TOMKINS, 1798 (1757-1810).
_Lent by Mr. E. H. Coles._