Eggleston Abbey
Maker
After
(artist)
1744-1817
(printmaker, publisher)
1743-1805
(publisher)
1744-1817
(artist)
1744-1817
(printmaker, publisher)
1743-1805
(publisher)
1744-1817
Title
Eggleston Abbey
Date of Production
1782
Medium
printed in black
etching and engraving
etching and engraving
Dimensions
Height: 22.1 cm
Width: 27 cm
Width: 27 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.6109.31
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Label: EGGLESTON ABBEY. / Eggleston, by some authors erroneously called Athlestan, was anciently / part of the large possessions which Earl Edwin held in Yorkshire in the / Saxon times, of which he was deprived at the Conquest, when King / William gave it, together with the Earldom of Richmond... //
Inscription: Drawn by T.Hearne. //
Inscription: T.O. //
Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: No. XXXV //
Inscription: Engrav'd by W.Byrne. //
Inscription: To John Sawrey Morritt Esq.r of Rokeby Park in the County of York, / This View of EGGLESTON ABBEY is inscribed, / By his most obedient Servants, Thomas Hearne, & William Byrne. / London: Publish'd as the Act directs, 15 March 1782, by W.Byrne & T.Hearne. //
Inscription: Drawn by T.Hearne. //
Inscription: T.O. //
Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: No. XXXV //
Inscription: Engrav'd by W.Byrne. //
Inscription: To John Sawrey Morritt Esq.r of Rokeby Park in the County of York, / This View of EGGLESTON ABBEY is inscribed, / By his most obedient Servants, Thomas Hearne, & William Byrne. / London: Publish'd as the Act directs, 15 March 1782, by W.Byrne & T.Hearne. //
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