HATFIELD HOUSE, HERTFORDSHIRE

circa 1830 Engraving - Published by Jones & Co. Temple of the Muses, Finsbury Square, London

Artist: John Preston Neale (1771-1847) was a noted British watercolourist and oil painter. He painted a picturesque collection of antique historical architectural views of Country Seats, Abbeys, Castles, Parks and other buildings and landscapes of interest throughout England, Scotland and Wales.

Overall Size including margins: 5 x 7 1/2 inches (12.8 x 19 cm)

Condition: Excellent. A nice quality engraving. Guaranteed original antique print and not a modern reproduction.

Hatfield House is a country house set in a large park, the Great Park, on the eastern side of the town of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. The present Jacobean house was built in 1611 by Robert Cecil, First Earl of Salisbury and Chief Minister to King James I and has been the home of the Cecil family ever since. It is currently the home of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury. (info from wikipedia free encyclopedia)