Name: Antique Master Print-HOLT CASTLE-WREXHAM-WALES-Basire-Lambert of Lewes-1782
SKU: dptpc207
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Antique Master Print-HOLT CASTLE-WREXHAM-WALES-Basire-Lambert of Lewes-1782

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‘SOUTH VIEW OF HOLT CASTLE .’

– a view of the ruins of Holt Castle, a former medieval castle in Holt, Wrexham Borough, Wales. Work on the castle, situated on the Welsh-English border, was started in the 13th century.

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SKU: dptpc207 Category: Landscapes Tag: Landscape

Description

a view of the ruins of Holt Castle, a former medieval castle in Holt, Wrexham Borough, Wales. Work on the castle, situated on the Welsh-English border, was started in the 13th century.

Made by Basire after Lambert of Lewes.

Medium: Handcoloured etching / engraving. on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 29.2 x 22 cm (11.5 x 8.66 inch). Image size: 23 x 19.5 cm. (9.06 x 7.68 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

HOLT CASTLE-WREXHAM-WALES-ENGLAND | DPO-PCO-2-175

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This print probably originates from John Watson’s ‘Memoirs of the Ancient Earls of Warren and Surrey, and their descendants to the present time’, 2 vols. first published in Warrington, 1782.

Biography engraver: James Basire I (1730-1802) was a British printmaker. William Blake was his pupil. William’s son was also an engraver, who worked in a very similar style. James Lambert of Lewes the Elder (1725-1788) was a British landscape painter and musician.