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Peel Castle

Maker

After
(artist)
1744-1817

After
(artist)
1753-1827

(printmaker)
1755 - ca. 1823 (Life dates)

(printmaker, publisher)
1743-1805

(publisher)
1744-1817

Title

Peel Castle

Date of Production

1783

Medium

printed in black
etching and engraving

Dimensions

Height: 22.1 cm
Width: 26.9 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.6109.38

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

Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //

Inscription: No. XLII //

Inscription: Engraved by W.Byrne & T.Medland. //

Label: PEEL CASTLE, / Or the Pile of Fouldrey, as it was anciently called, is situated upon / a rock surrounded by the sea, at the entrance of a channel, formed by / the south-west part of the Promontory of Foreness, or Furness, and the / Island of Walney. It was built by the Abbot of Furness... //

Inscription: To Sir Joseph Banks Bar.t President of the Royal Society, / This View of PEEL CASTLE is Inscribed / By his most obedient Servants, William Byrne and Thomas Hearne. / London: Published as the Act directs, 2 June 1783. by T. hearne and W.Byrne. //

Inscription: Drawn by T.Hearne from a sketch by Sir Geo.Beaumont Bar.t //

Inscription: T.O. //

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