Original antique hand-colored engraving of the ruins of the Cistercian abbey of Roche in Yorkshire, its transept arches standing among the vegetation. Signed "Godfrey sc." and published 10 May 1785 by Samuel Hooper, publisher of Francis Grose's Antiquities of England and Wales.
Original antique hand-colored engraving of the ruins of the Cistercian abbey of Roche in Yorkshire, its transept arches standing among the vegetation. Signed "Godfrey sc." and published 10 May 1785 by Samuel Hooper, publisher of Francis Grose's Antiquities of England and Wales.
Medium: Copper engraving, hand-colored
Engraver / lithographer: Richard Godfrey
Date: 1785
Source: London, S. Hooper; series of the Antiquities of England and Wales by Francis Grose
Dimensions: Plate mark 6.9 x 4.6 in (17.5 x 11.8 cm); sheet 9.8 x 6.5 in (24.8 x 16.5 cm)
Condition: Good, with the paper somewhat toned at the edges.