BELVEDERE HOUSE THE SEAT OF SIR SAMPSON GIDEON BART.

Verlag: Beauties of England and Wales

Beschreibung

1773 COPPER ENGRAVING RARE ANTIQUE BOOKPLATE PRINT BELVEDERE HOUSE THE SEAT OF SIR SAMPSON GIDEON BART. The word Belvedere means beautiful view in Italian. When settlement began on top of hill to the west of Erith the view down towards the River Thames and over it to Essex and beyond must indeed have been very beautiful. The origins of the town owe much to the presence of an ancient estate. The Belvedere estate was first recorded in 1654. Thomas Cawstin, a wheelwright of Welling who owned property in Bexley as well as in Erith, bought two fields called Great and Little Brights, and two houses next to one of them and near the road from the marshes to Lessness Heath , in a place known as Blinks Hill. By 1689 one of the two houses had been demolished. In the early 1700s Thomas Hayley bought the lease, demolished the second house and built another, although not on the same site. The new house was also mostly demolished in the 1760s, when the last Belvedere house was built. It became home to such luminaries as Sir Sampson Gideon MP (a fabulously wealthy financier), Lord Say and Sele (a leading Whig politician) and Sir Culling Eardley (a religious reformer and philanthropist) before the estate was broken up in 1864 and the house sold to the Shipwrecked Mariners Society as a seamen s home. The house was pulled down in 1959. PUBLISHED DATE 1773 LONDON PRINTED FOR R. GOADBY SOLD BY J. TOWERS IN FORE STREET NEAR CRIPPLEGATE PAGE SIZE: approx 8 INCHES x 4 1/2 INCHES IMAGE SIZE: approx 7 1/2 X 4 1/4 INCHES CONDITION COPPER ENGRAVING , BLANK on the back . There is tearing on the bottom part of the left hand side of the print. It is cropped very close to the plate and there is a tear that runs about an inch into the plate. Suitable ageing. The image is clean, clear and sharp with beautiful depth and detail.This beautiful rare item would look great matted and framed. An art supply store can provide you with a selection of frames for selection of frames for old art treasures, NOTE THE FOLLOWING BEFORE YOU PURCHASE: This is a GENUINE ANTIQUE PRINT. It is NOT a modern reproduction, ie. a laser scan, photocopy etc this print was published on the date mentioned, or circa of the date mentioned at the top of the page. The term "print" is referred to an image on a piece of paper.The print I have for sale, like many antique prints, originate from an antique book publication.The publication may not always be known. If you have any questions, emails are welcome. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 11004

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Titel: BELVEDERE HOUSE THE SEAT OF SIR SAMPSON ...

Verlag: Beauties of England and Wales

Einband: no binding

Zustand: very good