Penshurst Castle Kent - 1870s ANTIQUE COLOR PRINT

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Penshurst Castle Kent - 1870s ANTIQUE COLOR PRINT " FO Morris antique prints colored engravings circa 1870s ANTIQUE COLOR PRINT Title: PENSHURST CASTLE Approximate Image Size: 5 X 7 1/2 inches Approximate Overall Size: 8 X 10 1/2 inches Brilliant color print. Printed and engraved by by B. Fawcett, Driffield. This beautiful attractive colour plate originates from and is one of a Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of The Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britian and Ireland as presented by F. O. Morris. A greater proportion of the drawings which originated from the publication were by Alexander F. Lydon, and printed from coloured wood-blocks using the Baxter process by Benjamin Fawcett. Published by William Mackenzie, Ludgate Hill, Edinburgh and Dublin CONDITION: Excellent Condition. The colors are brilliant, rich and bright. Reverse side is blank and printed on heavier quality paper. The ancient and noble mansion of Penshurst stands at the south-east corner of a park beautifully diversified with woods, hills, and lawns, and well planted with large oak, beech, and chestnut trees. The architecture of different ages is to be traced in separate parts of the edifice, additions and alterations having been made from time to time by successive pro- prietors. A late owner of Penshurst expended a considerable sum upon this venerable family residence, and directed the work with a good display of taste and judgment. The hall is a striking object of architectural beauty, and is indeed the principal feature of the mansion. At its upper end is a staircase leading to the State Apartments and Gallery; opposite this is the passage to the Chapel. The gardens are extensive, and laid out with excellent taste. A curious relic of the ancient splendour of this place is still retained in its heronry, one of the very few now remaining in this country. It is situated on some lofty beech trees on a hilly part of the estate. The south side of the park is watered by the river Medway. In the reign of Edward the First this manor was possessed by Sir Stephen de Peneshurste, after whom it successively became the property of the distinguished families of Columbers, do Pulteney, and Devereux. It was embattled and fortified under a royal licence granted by King Richard the Second to Sir John Devereux. Shortly afterwards the manor was sold to John, Duke of Bedford, third son of King Henry the Fourth, whose brother Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, succeeded him; but he dying also without issue, Penshurst came into the hands of the crown, and was granted by letters patent (as recorded in the inscription given above) to Sir William Sidney, with which illustrious family Penshurst has ever since been connected. There is, I think, no name in the whole roll of the British aristocracy held in more esteem than that of Sydney, from which the present family derives in the female line. SIR WILLIAM SYDNEY, Knight, was Chamberlain to King Henry the Second. SIR WILLIAM SYDNEY was Chamberlain and Steward of the Household to Henry the Eighth, and had Penshurst Place granted to him by Edward the Sixth. He was one of the commanders at the battle of Flodden Field. His son,Sir HENRY SYDNEY, had also been honoured with the confidence and friendship of King Edward the Sixth, and became Lord President of Wales and Lord Deputy of Ireland under Qqeen Elizabeth. Dr. Zouch wrote of him "A more exalted character than that of Sir Henry Sydney is scarcely to be found in the volume of history. It deserves to be better known. In him we behold the brave soldier, the consummate general, the able counsellor, the wise legislator; while in the recesses of private life he was no less estimable as a husband, a father, and a friend; firmly attached, to the Church of England, and adorning his Christian profession by his temperance and exemplary piety." A copy of the circa 1870s descriptive, which covers some wonderful landscape history of PENSHURST CASTLE and some genealogy information will be We do have more. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6050

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