The Antiquities of England and Wales - SOPEWELL NUNNERY, NEAR ST. ALBAN'S , HERTS. ( Sopwell Nunnery)

GROSE, Francis (1731-1791)

Verlag: Hooper et alia circa 1773 - 1787, London, 1787

Beschreibung

Copper plate print dated July, 1787. The engraving measures 12.5 cm x 16.5 cm including plate mark, tile engraved - over all with text 23cm x 33cm. Engraved by Sparrow for Grose's Antiquities of England and Wales from a drawing by Grose in 1787. Notes: Sopwell Nunnery was founded on this site in 1140 but the atmospheric ruins that are visible today are the remains of a mansion belonging to an adviser of Henry VIII. In 1540, after the Dissolution of the Monasteries, Henry VIII granted the land to Sir Richard Lee, a soldier, engineer and member of the king's court. Sir Richard Lee demolished the nunnery and built a house on its foundations. The romantic ruins you see today are all that remain of Sir Richard Lee's Tudor mansion. [For all of our prints by Francis Grose enter PRBGROSE in Key words] [QP]. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 010139

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Antiquities of England and Wales - ...

Verlag: Hooper et alia circa 1773 - 1787, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1787

Einband: No Binding

Illustrator: GROSE, Francis engraved by Sparrow

Zustand: Very Good