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Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland Vol 1 (page 3/3)

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[picture: Front Cover, Morris, Picturesque Views]

Words and pictures from “A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of The Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland with descriptive and historical letterpress” edited by The Rev. F. O. Morris, B.A., author of a “history of british birds,” dedicated by permission to her most gracious majesty the queen.

A fabulous example of eight-colour printing, using of course multiple print runs; I do not know whether the same plate was hand-inked, or whether multiple plates were made.

Kudos to the bookseller, Crescent Books in New Orleans, for not ripping the book apart and selling the prints.

I also have Volume 2.

Contents:

Windsor Castle; Harewould House; Castle Howard; Howsham Hall; Sudeley Castle; Picton Castle; Wentworth Woodhouse; Everingham Park; Holm Lacy; Eaton Hall; Thrybergh Park; Floors Castle; Lea; Farnham House; Ilam Hall; Warwick Castle; Burton Constable; Franks; Chatsworth; Guy’s Cliffe; Knowsley Hall; Garnstone; Trentham Hall; Charlecote; Ripley Castle; Burhley House; Alton Towers; Broadlands; Temple newham; Wollaton Hall; Inverary Castle; Newstead Abbey; Blenheim; Cranbury Place; Scone Palace; Wilton House; Whitley Court; Glanusk Park; Burton-Agnes Hall; Balmorel Castle.

Title: Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland Vol 1

Author: Morris, F. O.

Date: 1870

Total items: 16

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

[picture: Wentworth Woodhouse.]

Wentworth Woodhouse.

WENTWORTH HOUSE
Near Rotherham, Yorkshire. Earl FitzWilliam. [more...] [$]

[picture: Alton Towers.]

Alton Towers.

Aother beautiful manor house or castle, with lots of towers and turrets. This picture is suitable for use as a computer desktop background image (wallpaper, root window [...]4:3 wallpaper version for computer screens; choose the size that best fits your display. [more...] [$]

[picture: Alton Towers (4:3 wallpaper version)]

Alton Towers (4:3 wallpaper version)

A version of the Alton Towers picture cropped slightly to make it fit on a 1600x1200, 1024x768 or similar compute screen. [more...] [$]

[picture: Newstead Abbey]

Newstead Abbey

A partly-ruined romantic gothic mansion beside a lake with a fountain. [more...] [$]

[picture: Whitley Court]

Whitley Court

Witley Court was badly damaged by a fire in 1937, some 60 years after this picture was made. The description in the book tries hard, i think, to hide the writer’s disdain for the self-made. [more...] [$]


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