This attractive colour plate 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 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 rich and bright and the image shows elaborate detail and is in Excellent Condition. Blank on Reverse side and printed on heavy quality paper.
Excerpt from the old descriptive: EATON HALL,
NEAR CHESTER, CHESHIRE. - DUKE OF WESTMINSTER.
Excerpt from the old descriptive: EATON HALL, Near Chester, Cheshire. - Duke of Westminster. - In the reign of Henry III> the manor of Eton was possessed by Hamon de Pulford, whose son Richard took his name of Eton from the place itself, and it continued with his descendants, the Etons, till after the death of John Eton, whose daughter and heiress, Joan Eton, by her marriage with Ralph, second son of Sir Thomas Grosvenor, conveyed it into the family of the present owner. At the end of the close of the last century Eaton Hall was a heavy brick mansion, built by the architect, Sir John Vanbrugh, on whom the sarcastic epitaph was written.
"Lie heavy on him, earth, for he
Laid many a heavy load on thee."
The gardens, too, were formed on a corresponding model, diversified with straight walks and leaden statues.
A copy of the circa 1870s descriptive, which covers some wonderful landscape history and some genealogy information will be included with the print.
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