Samuel Buck (1696-1779)

Antique print, engraving | The castle and town of Scarborough, published ca. 1770, 1 p.

Name: Antique print, engraving | The castle and town of Scarborough, published ca. 1770, 1 p.
SKU: PR121460
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View of Scarborough from the beach, the ocean to the right with boats and ships on the water; the town in the back with the remains of the castle on a cliff in the background to the right. Scarborough Castle is a former medieval Royal fortress situated on a rocky promontory overlooking the North Sea and Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England.

Titled above: ‘The Castle & Town of Scarborough as they appear a Quarter of a mile from the Spaw.’

An antique line engraving after Samuel and Nathaniel Buck.

Printed in London by Newbery and Carnan, between 1765-1770 from ‘A Description of England and Wales’. Numbered on the left margin: 22.

Description below: This Castle first built by Will.m le Grosse Earl of Albermarle… enlarg’d b King Hen.y 2.d

With the address of the publisher: Sam. Buck sculp.t from a Drawing in possession of, In. Bolter Esq.

[NL] Gezicht op Scarborough vanaf het strand, de oceaan rechts met boten en schepen op het water; de stad achteraan met de overblijfselen van het kasteel op een klif rechts op de achtergrond. Gravure gemaakt door Samuel Buck (1696-1779). Scarborough Castle is een 12e-eeuwse fortificatie aan de Noordzeekust van North Yorkshire, Engeland. Het kasteel ligt op een rotsig schiereiland uitkijkend over de Noordzee en het kustplaatsje Scarborough.

SKU: PR121460

Engraving on paper; total: 207 x 385 mm; some margins, a small tear on the left margin.

€ 84,70 (€ 70,00 ex. btw)

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