Original 1812 engraving with Anderson Place, the great Elizabethan house of Newcastle upon Tyne raised on the site of the old Franciscan friary. It was pulled down around 1834 to open Grey Street, so the engraving records a building that no longer exists.
Original 1812 engraving with Anderson Place, the great Elizabethan house of Newcastle upon Tyne raised on the site of the old Franciscan friary. It was pulled down around 1834 to open Grey Street, so the engraving records a building that no longer exists.
Medium: Copper engraving.
Artist / after: Sharpe.
Engraver: Angus.
Date: 1812.
Source: The Beauties of England and Wales; published in London by John Harris, St Paul's Church Yard.
Dimensions: 5.3 x 8.3 in (13.4 x 21.2 cm).
Condition: A damp stain at the upper left, visible in the photograph; otherwise in good condition.