ANTIQUE PRINTS OF WHITTON AT
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[London : ca.1790]. A pleasant and uncommon antique print - a view of the house from the celebrated gardens. Built for Archibald Campbell, Early of Islay, later Third Duke of Argyll, the house was at this time occupied by the architect Sir William Chambers (1722-1796). Engraved by Francis Cary for an identified publication, probably one of the magazines of the period.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 110 x 169mm (approx. 4-3/8" x 6-5/8"). Trimmed a little tight, a few minor marks and creases, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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London : J. Walker, 1794. A handsome late eighteenth-century antique print of the house from the garden - a couple and a dog take their ease on garden chairs among the celebrated trees. Engraved by William Ellis (1756-1810) from a drawing by the painter Richard Corbould. Originally produced for John Walker's "The Copper-Plate Magazine, or Monthly Cabinet of Picturesque Prints" (London : 1792-1802).
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 118 x 162mm (approx. 4-5/8" x 6-3/8"). Two small and faint marks, but in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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[London : For the Authors, 1770]. An appealing antique print - eighteenth-century Whitton Place, built in 1737 to the designs of Roger Morris by Archibald Campbell, Early of Islay, later Third Duke of Argyll (1682-1761). A view from the celebrated gardens, set within a ruled border. Some of the trees were transferred at about this time to Kew Gardens, where they still thrive. Originally produced for the part-work publication "England Displayed" (London : 1769-1770).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 165 x 242mm (approx. 6-1/2" x 9-1/2"). A few slight creases, one tiny hole, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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London : John Harris, 1816. An antique print - the Whitton Park house. Engraved by William Woolnoth (1780-1837) from a drawing by John Preston Neale and originally produced for the part-work "Beauties of England and Wales" (1801-1816).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 113 x 150mm (approx. 4-1/2" x 6"). A touch dusty and fingered in outer blank margins, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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