Winchester Palace in 1800 - Antique print - Smith’s Antiquities of London
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Winchester Palace in 1800
Title (trimmed): South Remains of Winchester House
Production date: 1800.
Provenance: John Thomas Smith’s Antiquities of London, published between 1791 and 1800.
Size: Medidas: 14,5x17,6 cms.
Condition: trimmed to image.
Background:
Winchester Palace was once one of the largest and most important buildings in all of medieval London. Built in the early 13th century as a home to the powerful Bishops of Winchester, the palace was mostly destroyed by fire in 1814.
The print shows the south view of the Palace of the Bishops of Winchester in 1800 so just 14 years before the fire destroyed it. It does show the state of the buildings just over 150 years after the Bishops of Winchester had left their palace, and the buildings had been sold and let to multiple new owners and tenants.
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Winchester Palace in 1800
Title (trimmed): South Remains of Winchester House
Production date: 1800.
Provenance: John Thomas Smith’s Antiquities of London, published between 1791 and 1800.
Size: Medidas: 14,5x17,6 cms.
Condition: trimmed to image.
Background:
Winchester Palace was once one of the largest and most important buildings in all of medieval London. Built in the early 13th century as a home to the powerful Bishops of Winchester, the palace was mostly destroyed by fire in 1814.
The print shows the south view of the Palace of the Bishops of Winchester in 1800 so just 14 years before the fire destroyed it. It does show the state of the buildings just over 150 years after the Bishops of Winchester had left their palace, and the buildings had been sold and let to multiple new owners and tenants.