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Carlisle Castle

Maker

After
(artist)
1744-1817

(printmaker)
1743-1805

(printmaker)
ca. 1750-1831 (Life dates)

(publisher)
1743-1805

(publisher)
1744-1817

Title

Carlisle Castle

Date of Production

1778

Medium

printed in black
etching and engraving

Dimensions

Height: 21.9 cm
Width: 27.1 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.6109.8

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

Inscription: Engrav'd by W.Byrne & S.Middiman. //

Inscription: To the Right Hon.ble The Earl of Darlington Governor of Carlisle / This View of CARLISLE-CASTLE is Inscribed / By his LORDSHIP'S most obedient Servants, Thomas Hearne & William Byrne. / London: Publish'd as the Act directs, 1 Dec.r 1778, by W.Byrne and T.Hearne. //

Inscription: Drawn by T. Hearne //

Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //

Label: CARLISLE CASTLE / Is situated on the north-west side of the city of Carlisle, a place of / considerable note in the earliest period of our history. It is said to have / owed its origin to one Luel or Lugabel, an ancient British King ; and / from thence to have derived the name given by the Britons, or Faer- / Luel, or Luel's City... //

Inscription: T.O. //

Inscription: No. XI //

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