Original 1771 6 1/4 inch x 10 7/8 inch copper plate engraving
PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF NEWSTEAD-ABBY AND PARK, IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
£85.00
Original 1771 6 1/4 inch x 10 7/8 inch copper plate engraving titled PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF NEWSTEAD-ABBY AND PARK, IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE; BELONGING TO THE RT. HON.BLE LORD BYRON.
Newstead Abbey surrounded by woodland, seen from across the River Leen where boats are sailing. In the foreground are two men talking and deer grazing.
From ‘The complete English Traveller; a new survey and Description of England and wales. Containing a full Account of whatever is curious and entertaining in the several Counties of England and Wales, The Isles of Man, Jersey, Guernsey, and other islands adjoining to, and dependant on the Crown of Great Britain’ by Nathaniel Spencer.
Printed for John Cooke, Shakespeare’s Head, Paternoster Row, London 1771.
Page size 9 inch x 14 inch
The engraving, on chain-laid paper, is in very good condition with minor age related toning. Reverse side blank.
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