An original copperplate engraving of Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire with later hand colour. It was published in Henry Boswell's Complete HISTORICAL DESCRIPTIONS of a New and Elegant COLLECTION of PICTURESQUE VIEWS and REPRESENTATIONS of the ANTIQUITIES of ENGLAND and WALES..... [etc. etc.].
The plates in this book are copies of the those by Captain Francis Grose who published Grose's Antiquities; the largest series of illustrations of ancient monuments in the eighteenth century which began publication in 1772.
Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire, - Framed Antique Print
Image Number: 1193
Title: Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire
Artist:Engraver: Eastgate
Publisher: Alexander Hogg, 16 Paternoster Row, London in Henry Boswell's Antiquities of England and Wales
Date: c. 1786
Medium: Copperplate EngravingFramed size (h x w): 252 x 286mm

