| Method | Copper engraving |
| Artist | William Byrne & S. Middleman after Thomas Hearne |
| Published | London: Published as the Act directs 15 May 1770, by W. Byrne & T. Hearne |
| Dimensions | Image187 x 252 mm, Plate 220 x 273 mm, Sheet 232 x 278 mm |
| Notes |
From Antiquities of Great Britain (1778-81) William Byrne (1743-1805) was a landscape engraver, and publisher who trained in Paris under Wille in the early 1760s, and then worked in London. He was father of the engravers Anne Francis, Elizabeth, John, Letitia and Mary. Thomas Hearne (1765 to 1771) was an English painter and engraver. From 1765 to 1771 Hearne studied printmaking as apprentice to the landscape engraver William Woollett. In 1771 he abandoned engraving and accompanied Sir Ralph Payne to the Leeward Islands (where Payne had just been appointed Governor), returning in 1775; several of his fastidious watercolours of Antigua survive. From then on British topography was his main concern. He travelled widely in England, Scotland and Wales with Sir George Beaumont and from these excursions was able to provide 84 drawings which, engraved by William Byrne, were published as The Antiquities of Great Britain (1778-81). This series set new standards in the pictorial recording of medieval architecture Condition: Small tear to upper margin affecting plate but not image. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £40.00 |
| Stock ID | 29319 |