Picturesque Views of Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland
by Rev. F. O. Morris
Published in London by William Mackenzie in 1880 • B. Fawcett, Engraver and Printer, Driffield
Original Wood Block prints in colour • Sheet size: approx. 8¼ x 10¾ inches

The straightforward but thoroughly attractive plates were drawn by Alexander Francis Lydon (1836-1917) and printed from colored woodblocks by the Baxter process by Benjamin Fawcett (1808-1893) of Driffield, Yorkshire. The brisk but informative text was prepared by Rev. F. O. Morris (1810-1893), Fawcett's friend and neighbor and collaborator on many color-illustrated works of natural history. The many plates in this set are notable for their precise printing and rich coloring; each plate was printed in an average of eight colors. Ruari McLean states that in this work "the best [plates] are of great charm and beauty; and the color printing is, as usual, superb." Friedman says of Fawcett's coloring, "his ink tones are so subtle and transparent that they have the appearance of watercolor...Fawcett's transparent colors were especially suited to Lydon's crisply-drawn renderings of immaculately tidy grounds bathed in sunlight and with gardens abloom."

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EASTSON HALL

$40

EASTWELL PARK

$40

EATON HALL

$40

EDEN HALL

$35
(MILD FOXING IN MARGIN)

EDNASTON LODGE

$35

EGGESFORD HOUSE

$40
(MILD FOXING IN MARGIN)

ELTON HALL

$35
(MILD FOXING IN MARGIN)

ELVASTON CASTLE

$40
(MILD FOXING IN MARGIN)

ENOLE

$35
(DAMP STAIN LOWER LEFT CORNER)

ESHTON HALL

$35
(MILD FOXING IN MARGIN)

EUSTON HALL

$40
(MILD FOXING IN MARGIN)

EVERINGHAM PARK

$40

EXTON HOUSE

$35
(MILD FOXING IN MARGIN, DAMPSTAIN IN CORNER)

FARNHAM HOUSE

$40

FLOORS CASTLE

$40

CASTLE FORBES

$40
(FOX MARK IN MARGIN, PAPER LOSS LOWER LEFT CORNER)

FRANKS

$40
(MILD FOXING MARK IN MARGIN)

GALLOWAY HOUSE

$40
(MILD FOXING MARK IN MARGIN)

FLOORS CASTLE

$40

GLANUSK PARK

$40
(DAMPSTAIN LOWER LEFT CORNER)

GLYNDE PLACE

$40

GOSPAL HALL

$40

GUNTON HALL

$40

HADDO HOUSE

$40
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN)

HAMILTON PALACE

$40
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN)

HANBURY HALL

$40
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN)

HAREWOOD HOUSE

$40
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN)

HATFIELD HOUSE

$40
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN)

HAWKESTONE

$40

HEATON PARK

$40
(LIGHT DAMPSTAIN UPPER RIGHT CORNER)

HELMINGTON HALL

$40
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN)

HEMSTEAD PARK

$40
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN)

HENGRAVE HALL

$40
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN)

HEYTHROP

$30
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN, DAMPSTAIN LOWER LEFT)

HIGH CLIFFE

$40
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN)

CASTLE HILL

$40
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN, SMALL DAMPSTAIN LOWER LEFT CORNER)

HOLKER HALL

$40
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN)

HOLME LACY

$40
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN)

HORNBY CASTLE

$30
(FOXING IN MARGIN)

HOWICK HALL

$40
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN)

HUGHENDEN MANOR

$40
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN)

HUTTON HALL

$35
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN)