Original antique engraving with Wressle Castle, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, reflected in its moat, its towers and Gothic windows already in ruin. Lettered below "Engraved by Matthews, from a Drawing by J. P. Neale, after a Sketch by W. Savage" and "for the Beauties of England & Wales".
Original antique engraving with Wressle Castle, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, reflected in its moat, its towers and Gothic windows already in ruin. Lettered below "Engraved by Matthews, from a Drawing by J. P. Neale, after a Sketch by W. Savage" and "for the Beauties of England & Wales".
Medium: Copper engraving.
Artist / after: John Preston Neale (1780-1847), from a sketch by W. Savage made before the fire of 1796.
Engraver / lithographer: Matthews.
Date: 1812.
Source: The Beauties of England and Wales, by John Britton and Edward W. Brayley, London.
Dimensions: 5.9 x 4.3 in (15 x 10.9 cm).
Condition: Laid down on card, as the photograph shows; paper lightly toned and the image clean and well inked.