Description
Copy of an engraving of a north view of Jedburgh Abbey, Roxburghshire. It appears to be entitled 'Jeddsworth from the North'. It is undoubtedly a view of Jedburgh Abbey, and it is unclear whether the misspelled name was George Henry Hutton's mistake, or whether the original engraving was given this title. The engraving was made by R. Godfrey and appeared in 'The Antiquarian Repertory, volume IV', by Francis Grose, in 1776. This copy, which was probably made by Hutton himself, is one of six views of Jedburgh Abbey in the Hutton Collection. Jedburgh Abbey was founded as a priory by King David I in 1138, but in 1147 was raised to abbey status and populated by a community of Augustinian or 'black' canons. It is thought that the abbey church, built to a grand Romanseque design, took the better part of a century to complete. Between the thirteenth and the sixteenth centuries the abbey was the subject of many attacks by English troops, and after the Reformation in 1560 its dwindling community of canons died out. The abbey, however, continued in use as Jedburgh's parish church until 1875, which perhaps explains how so much of the building has remained intact compared to the other great Scottish border abbeys.
Collective title: Hutton Drawings > [Volume 2] > Roxburghshire
More details about the album and its contents can be found on the collection website.
Image Licence
CC BY 4.0
Image Credit
Courtesy of National Library of Scotland
Location
Jedburgh Abbey, Jedburgh, Scotland
Country
Scotland
Tags
Category
Buildings & Architecture
TWW Comment
The building was modelled on European cathedrals, possibly in a gesture of defiance against England.
