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Astley Hall
Astley Hall
$40

Audley End
Audley End
$40

Beningbrough Hall
Beningbrough Hall
$40

Bowood Park
Bowood Park
$40

Brancepeth Castle
Brancepeth Castle
$40

Cobham Hall
Cobham Hall
$30

Cowdray Park
Cowdray Park
$40

Donington Castle
Donington Castle
$40

Drakelow Hall
Drakelow Hall
$40
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"Picturesque Views of Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen
of Great Britain and Ireland" (1880)
by Rev. F. O. Morris
Wood Block 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."