Beeston Castle
Maker
(artist)
1759-1817
(engraver)
ca. 1750-1831 (Life dates)
(publisher)
1759-1817
(engraver)
ca. 1750-1831 (Life dates)
(publisher)
Title
Beeston Castle
Date of Production
1.1.1813
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
Height: 14.8 cm
Width: 18.8 cm
Width: 18.8 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.4559
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
previous owner : Witt, Robert (Sir)
Inscriptions
Inscription: recto: lower left, artist : Painted by J.J. Ibbetson.
Inscription: recto: centre, title, publisher, date : BEESTON CASTLE. / Pub.d Jan.y 1.1813, by Boydell & Co. 90, Cheapside, London.
Inscription: recto: lower right, engraver: Engraved by S. Middiman .
Stamp: recto: stamped in black, centre right : WITT / LIBRARY.
Inscription: recto: handwritten in pencil, upper left : 934/47(11).
Inscription: recto: text pasted below, lower centre: BEESTON CASTLE, / CHESHIRE. / THE great insulated Rock of Britain, composed of sandstone, is very lofty and precipitous on three Sides, affording the/..... / Henry III. it is called the Castle on the rock. Camden's Britannia, Gough's Additions, Vol. II.p.435.
Inscription: recto: centre, title, publisher, date : BEESTON CASTLE. / Pub.d Jan.y 1.1813, by Boydell & Co. 90, Cheapside, London.
Inscription: recto: lower right, engraver: Engraved by S. Middiman .
Stamp: recto: stamped in black, centre right : WITT / LIBRARY.
Inscription: recto: handwritten in pencil, upper left : 934/47(11).
Inscription: recto: text pasted below, lower centre: BEESTON CASTLE, / CHESHIRE. / THE great insulated Rock of Britain, composed of sandstone, is very lofty and precipitous on three Sides, affording the/..... / Henry III. it is called the Castle on the rock. Camden's Britannia, Gough's Additions, Vol. II.p.435.
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