Original 1803 engraving with the ruins of the Augustinian priory of Lanercost, in Cumberland, near Hadrian's Wall, covered in ivy and surrounded by gravestones. Copper engraving by J. Storer after a drawing by P. S. Munn for The Beauties of England and Wales.
Original 1803 engraving with the ruins of the Augustinian priory of Lanercost, in Cumberland, near Hadrian's Wall, covered in ivy and surrounded by gravestones. Copper engraving by J. Storer after a drawing by P. S. Munn for The Beauties of England and Wales.
Paul Sandby Munn (1773-1845), godson of the painter Paul Sandby, was a watercolorist of the English topographical school and a travelling companion of John Sell Cotman in the north of England.
Medium: Copper engraving on laid paper.
Artist / after: P. S. Munn.
Engraver: J. Storer.
Date: 1803 (London, Vernor & Hood, Poultry).
Source: The Beauties of England and Wales.
Dimensions: 8.3 x 4.9 in (21 x 12.5 cm).
Condition: Good, with wide margins; the very slightest toning of the paper.