PROSPECT OF THE RUINS OF GLASTONBURY ABBY, IN SOMERSETSHIRE

Original 1771 6 1/8 inch x 11 inch copper plate engraving titled PROSPECT OF THE RUINS OF GLASTONBURY ABBY, IN SOMERSETSHIRE.

View of Glastonbury Abbey, low walls of the Abbot’s lodgings in the foreground, the Abbot’s kitchen, a square building with an octagonal funnel roof to left, the abbey church and choir and the remains of St Joseph’s chapel in the middle ground, with the tower of the town church in the distance. Two people with a dog in the foreground. The Tor, topped by the roofless St Michael’s Tower, on its hill behind.

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.