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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NETHER HALL

$40

NETHERHALL

$40

NORMANHURST

$40
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN)

NOSTEL PRIORY

$40
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN)

NUNEHAM PARK

$40
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN)

PANSHANGER PARK

$40

PECKFORTON CASTLE

$35
(FOXING IN MARGIN)

PENRHYN CASTLE

$40
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN)

PENSHURST CASTLE

$40
(DAMPSTAIN LOWER LEFT CORNER)

PEPER HAROW

$40
(SMALL DAMPSTAINS LOWER LEFT
& UPPER RIGHT CORNER)

PHILIPSHAUGH

$40
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN)

PICTON CASTLE

$40
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN)

POWERSCOURT

$40

POWIS CASTLE

$40
(UNOBTRUSIVE FOX MARK LEFT EDGE)

PRESTON HALL

$40
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN)

PYNES

$40
(LIGHT DAMPSTAIN LOWER LEFT CORNER)

RABY CASTLE

$40
(LIGHT DAMPSTAIN RIGHT EDGE)

RAVENSWORTH CASTLE

$40
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN)

RHYDD COURT

$40
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN)

RIPLEY CASTLE

$40
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN)

ROLLESTON HALL

$40
(LIGHT DAMPSTAINS IN CORNER)

ROSSIE CASTLE

$40
(FAINT FOXING IN MARGIN)

ROSSMORE PARK

$40
(FAINT FOXING IN MARGIN)

RUSHTON HALL

$40
(CORNER DAMPSTAINS)

SANDECK PARK

$40
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN)

SCONE PALACE

$40
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN)

SEZINCOT

$35
(FOXING IN MARGIN)

SHELTON ABBEY

$40
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN)

SOMERLEYTON

$40
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN)

STEVENSTONE PARK

$40
(DAMPSTAIN IN LOWER LEFT CORNER)

STOURTON

$40
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN)

STOWE PARK

STOWLANGTOFT HALL

$40

STUDLEY CASTLE

$40
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN)

STUDLEY ROYAL

$40
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN)

SUDELEY CASTLE

$40
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN)

SUNDORNE CASTLE

$40
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN)

SWITHLAND HALL

$40

TAYMOUTH CASTLE

$40
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN)

TEMPLE NEWMAN

$40

THICKET PRIORY

$40

THRYBERGH PARK

$40

TREGOGHNAN HOUSE

$40

TRENTHAM HALL

$40

TYTTENHANGER PARK

$40
(LIGHT FOXING IN MARGIN)