Notes: About fine, with no marks or wear to the image. Professionally matted and ready for framing. 1774 Print. Single sheet, 8 3/8 x 15 3/8. A hand colored second strike printed by the Fleet Street printmaker Robert Sayers from the original copper plates used by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck. The original print was issued in 1742, and the print we offer bears this same date since the original plates were used. This printing, issued in 1774, was available bound in three volumes entitled "Buck's Antiquities...", or as single sheets. A lengthy caption describes the history of the castle from the time of William the Conqueror through 1646. |