circa 1870s ANTIQUE COLOR PRINT

Title: CRANBURY PARK

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. Image protection watermark is not on actual print.

The following is an Excerpt from the old descriptive: NEAR WINCHESTER, HAMPSHIRE. - CHAMBERLAYNE.

Few mansions, even in the south of Hampshire, where country seats abound, are more delightfully situated than Cranbury. The hill on which it stands is one of the highest in the county, and from the extensive and picturesque pleasure-ground beautiful views are obtained of Southampton Water and the Isle of Wight to the south; to the east are uninterrupted views over almost the whole of the south-eastern portion of Hampshire; while to the north the eye overlooks the lovely vale of Hursley as far as the pretty little village of Farley Chamberlayne. The park is extensive and beautifully wooded, the timber being remarkably fine. Cranbury House is a large mansion, built of redbrick with stone facings. It is difficult to say exactly when it was originally built, but it is certain that it is of great antiquity, and from traces of artificial fishponds discovered in the park, it is conjectured that it was formerly a monastery.

A copy of the circa 1870s full descriptive, which covers some wonderful landscape history and some genealogy information will be included with the print.