PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF SHREWSBURY, IN SHROPSHIRE
£80.00
Original 1771 6 1/2 inch x 10 3/8 inch copper plate engraving titled PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF SHREWSBURY, IN SHROPSHIRE.
Shrewsbury from across the River Severn, with the skyline dominated by the towers of four churches: Sts Mary’s, Alkmund’s, Julian’s and Chad’s.
After Joseph Ryland.
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 fair to good condition with some edge wear and age related toning. Reverse side blank.
Availability: 1 in stock
