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The obelisks erected in the Orange Grove and Queen Square, Bath 1742

The obelisks erected in the Orange Grove and Queen Square, Bath 1742

Image Reference: 21512
Artist/Photographer: Wood, John
Image Date: 1742
Measurements: 22 x 16 cm
Medium: drawing
Collection: Manuscripts
Library Reference: B 722 WOO / 1104675442 Plate 26
Credit: Bath & North East Somerset Council
Library: Bath Record Office : Archives & Local Studies

Description: From the manuscript for "The Origin of Building, or the Plagiarism of the Heathens Detected" by John Wood Senior, pub. 1741. Note how much taller the original Nash's Ray in Queen Square once was, before the tip fell off in a storm.
Written by a clerk and including amendments in the hand of John Wood Senior.

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