John PIPER Warkton, Northamptonshire  (1964)

Monument by Vangelder, 1775. Lithograph from the portfolio A Retrospect of Churches ( Levinson 125) on Crisbrook Waterleaf paper, Published by Marlborough Fine Art, London. With full margins. Some discolouration around image, tape on reverse around sheet edges John Piper's association with the Curwen Studio produced this suite of 24 prints A Retrospect of Churches in 1964. The portfolio of prints are the distillation of half a century's looking at churches. Piper wrote to his old friend John Betjeman asking him to contribute a foreword to accompany the prints.