Cockermouth Castle
Maker
After
(artist)
1744-1817
(printmaker)
1743-1801
(publisher)
1743-1805
(publisher)
1744-1817
(artist)
1744-1817
(printmaker)
1743-1801
(publisher)
1743-1805
(publisher)
1744-1817
Title
Cockermouth Castle
Date of Production
1778
Medium
printed in black
etching and engraving
etching and engraving
Dimensions
Height: 22.5 cm
Width: 27.6 cm
Width: 27.6 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.6109.9
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
Inscription: Engrav'd by M.A.Rooker. //
Inscription: To the Lady Beaumont / This View of COCKERMOUTH CASTLE is Inscribed, / By her LADYSHIP'S most obedient Servents, Thomas Hearne & William Byrne. / London: Publish'd as the Act directs, 1 Dec.r 1778, by W.Byrne & T.Hearne. //
Inscription: Drawn by T. Hearne //
Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //
Label: COCKERMOUTH CASTLE / Is seated on an artificial mount at the confluence of the rivers Cocker / and Derwent: the walls are of considerable extent, and bear evident / marks of its being formerly a place well calculated for defence. //
Inscription: T.O. //
Inscription: No. XII //
Inscription: To the Lady Beaumont / This View of COCKERMOUTH CASTLE is Inscribed, / By her LADYSHIP'S most obedient Servents, Thomas Hearne & William Byrne. / London: Publish'd as the Act directs, 1 Dec.r 1778, by W.Byrne & T.Hearne. //
Inscription: Drawn by T. Hearne //
Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //
Label: COCKERMOUTH CASTLE / Is seated on an artificial mount at the confluence of the rivers Cocker / and Derwent: the walls are of considerable extent, and bear evident / marks of its being formerly a place well calculated for defence. //
Inscription: T.O. //
Inscription: No. XII //
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