A View of the Ruins of the Archiepiscopal Palace and of the Church of Wrotham in Kent, from Edward Hasted's, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, vols. 1-3

A View of the Ruins of the Archiepiscopal Palace and of the Church of Wrotham in Kent, from Edward Hasted's, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, vols. 1-3

John Bayly

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Plate 18, vol. II, Wrotham Palace. The print is dedicated to the Rev. James Cornwallis. See 2014.599.1–.30 for comments.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

A View of the Ruins of the Archiepiscopal Palace and of the Church of Wrotham in Kent, from Edward Hasted's, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, vols. 1-3A View of the Ruins of the Archiepiscopal Palace and of the Church of Wrotham in Kent, from Edward Hasted's, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, vols. 1-3A View of the Ruins of the Archiepiscopal Palace and of the Church of Wrotham in Kent, from Edward Hasted's, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, vols. 1-3A View of the Ruins of the Archiepiscopal Palace and of the Church of Wrotham in Kent, from Edward Hasted's, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, vols. 1-3A View of the Ruins of the Archiepiscopal Palace and of the Church of Wrotham in Kent, from Edward Hasted's, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, vols. 1-3

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