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Allington Castle

Maker

After
(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

Dimensions

Height: 22.1 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

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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. //

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