Allington Castle
Maker
After
(artist)
1744-1817
(printmaker)
1755 - ca. 1823 (Life dates)
(printmaker, publisher)
1743-1805
(publisher)
1744-1817
(artist)
1744-1817
(printmaker)
1755 - ca. 1823 (Life dates)
(printmaker, publisher)
1743-1805
(publisher)
1744-1817
Title
Allington Castle
Date of Production
1783
Medium
printed in black
etching and engraving
etching and engraving
Dimensions
Height: 22.1 cm
Width: 28 cm
Width: 28 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.6109.40
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. XLIV //
Inscription: Engraved by W.Byrne & T.Medland. //
Label: ALLINGTON CASTLE / Is situated close to the river Medway, upon its western bank, about a / mile north of the town of Maidstone, and upon a spot where it is said / there was a Fortress erected by the Saxons, called by them the Castle of the Medway, which was afterwards totally destroyed by the Danes... //
Inscription: To the Right Honourable The Lord Romney / This View of ALLINGTON CASTLE is inscribed, / By his LORDSHIP'S most obedient Servants, Thomas Hearne, and William Byrne. / London: Publish'd as the Act directs, 15 August 1783, by W.Byrne, and T.Hearne. //
Inscription: Drawn by T.Hearne //
Inscription: T.O. //
Inscription: No. XLIV //
Inscription: Engraved by W.Byrne & T.Medland. //
Label: ALLINGTON CASTLE / Is situated close to the river Medway, upon its western bank, about a / mile north of the town of Maidstone, and upon a spot where it is said / there was a Fortress erected by the Saxons, called by them the Castle of the Medway, which was afterwards totally destroyed by the Danes... //
Inscription: To the Right Honourable The Lord Romney / This View of ALLINGTON CASTLE is inscribed, / By his LORDSHIP'S most obedient Servants, Thomas Hearne, and William Byrne. / London: Publish'd as the Act directs, 15 August 1783, by W.Byrne, and T.Hearne. //
Inscription: Drawn by T.Hearne //
Inscription: T.O. //
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