Search site: Advanced search   Categories Antique Prints Antique Maps Books Magazines Vintage Prints Modern Art Prints Local Victoria Artist Gustave Dore Art Prints Special Gift certificates Links Help Contact us Privacy statement Terms of Service & Conditions Vintage-Views Antique Prints and Maps :: Antique Prints :: Architectural :: F.O. Morris - Architectural Landscape Picturesque Seats :: WYTHAM ABBEY, Oxford England 1870s Color Print WYTHAM ABBEY, Oxford England 1870s Color Print   Click to enlarge 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: WYTHAM ABBEY, NEAR OXFORD, OXFORDSHIRE - EARL of ABINGDON. WYTHAM, or Witham Abbey, for so the name is differently or indifferently spelt, is situated about three -miles from the city of Oxford, on a rising ground above the bank of the river Isis. Here was in ancient times a nunnery removed from its previous settlement in the neighbouring town of Abingdon, where it had been first established, but, as may without difficulty be supposed, nothing but the name of the ancient pile remains. The more modern edifice was built in the reign of King Henry the Seventh by Sir Richard Harcourt, who became possessed of the manor of Wytham in 1480. It seems, however, from the present form of the windows that some alterations are in the original structure during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, or that of King James the First. "In early days the neighbourhood became celebrated as the site of the so-called Berkshire Tragedy, which was booked into a ballad still preserved in the Roxburgh Collection under the name of Wittain Miller. Details   SKU 020831k2 Quantity in stock 1 item(s) available Weight 2.00 0 Price: US$18.00 Options   Quantity 1 Add to cart         Your cart Cart is empty View cart Money Order, Check or PayPal Orders history You don't need to register to purchase items. However, registering will keep you informed of specials and your subjects of interest. Username Password Log in Register Recover password If Javascript is disabled in your browser click here

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