Original hand-colored engraving of Moseley Hall, an 18th-century country house now within Birmingham, drawn by John Preston Neale and engraved by William Radclyffe. The view shows the main front above the meadow of the park, with cattle and sheep.
Original hand-colored engraving of Moseley Hall, an 18th-century country house now within Birmingham, drawn by John Preston Neale and engraved by William Radclyffe. The view shows the main front above the meadow of the park, with cattle and sheep.
It comes from J. P. Neale's Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen, the great series of British country houses published between 1818 and 1829.
Medium: Steel engraving, hand-colored.
Artist / after: John Preston Neale (1780-1847).
Engraver: William Radclyffe (1783-1855).
Date: 1829 (imprint: London, 1 March 1829).
Source: Published by J. P. Neale, 16 Bennett St., Blackfriars Road, and Sherwood, Neely & Jones, Paternoster Row, London.
Dimensions: Plate mark 5.0 x 6.9 in (12.6 x 17.5 cm).
Condition: Good condition, with light toning of the paper in the margins.