Original 19th-century steel engraving with Warwick Castle: one of its battlemented towers rising above the stepped wall, overgrown with vegetation. Drawing by Gaucherel engraved under the direction of Lemaitre, with the heading "Inglaterra (Plantagenetas) / Angleterre (Plantagenets)" and the number 66.
Original 19th-century steel engraving with Warwick Castle: one of its battlemented towers rising above the stepped wall, overgrown with vegetation. Drawing by Gaucherel engraved under the direction of Lemaitre, with the heading "Inglaterra (Plantagenetas) / Angleterre (Plantagenets)" and the number 66.
Warwick Castle was raised on the timber fort that William the Conqueror ordered built in 1068 and is today one of the best preserved medieval fortresses in England.
Medium: Steel engraving
Artist / after: Gaucherel
Engraver / lithographer: Lemaitre
Date: 19th century
Dimensions: 5.6 x 8.9 in (14.3 x 22.5 cm)
Condition: Good condition; paper with light foxing and small tears along the edges, not affecting the plate mark.