Pontefract Church, Yorkshire - Original Engraving by Sparrow - 1785
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Original copper engraving dated 20 October 1785, showing Pontefract church, Yorkshire, ruined after the siege the town endured during the English Civil War. Engraved by Sparrow and published in London by S. Hooper.
Original copper engraving dated 20 October 1785, showing Pontefract church, Yorkshire, ruined after the siege the town endured during the English Civil War. Engraved by Sparrow and published in London by S. Hooper.
In those years S. Hooper was publishing Francis Grose's The Antiquities of England and Wales, the great 18th-century survey of views of British ruins and monuments, to which the imprint on this engraving corresponds.
Medium: Copper engraving
Engraver: Sparrow
Date: 20 October 1785
Source: London, S. Hooper
Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.7 in (19 x 14.5 cm)
Condition: Small loss at the upper left corner of the paper, outside the image; otherwise good condition, with light yellowing.
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Original copper engraving dated 20 October 1785, showing Pontefract church, Yorkshire, ruined after the siege the town endured during the English Civil War. Engraved by Sparrow and published in London by S. Hooper.