VALLE - CRUCIS ABBEY,

DENBIGHSHIRE

1830 Engraving -

Published by Jones & Co. Temple of the Muses, Finsbury Square, London, 1830 (dated year at bottom of print)

Engraved by: W Radclyffe and Drawn by H Gastineau - HENRY G. GASTINEAU (1791-1876), a topographer and landscape artist. He first trained as an engraver then went on to study at the Royal Academy Schools. After his training he travelled extensively in Great Britain painting the scenery of the country. He was elected Associate to the Old Watercolour Society in 1821 and became a full member in 1823. From 1827, Gastineau worked in Camberwell as a drawing master, where he died on January 17th 1876. His quality drawings cover a wide range of views in Wales. The picturesque scenery within Wales is conveyed very well. There are views of many castles, churches and other buildings of interest. He expresses the people and their surroundings in various parts of the country depicting their way of life and culture.

Approximate Image Size: 3 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches

Overall Size including margins: 5 1/2 x 7  inches (13.8 x 17.7 cm) only 1/8 inch margin on left side

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

An excellent antique print collectible of English heritage stately homes or castles or Abbeys of England and Wales

(General info only, not included with print) Valle Crucis Abbey (Welsh: Abaty Glyn y Groes or Abaty Glyn Egwestl) is in the Dee (Dyfrdwy) valley about 1½ miles upstream and north of Llangollen, Denbighshire, in north-east Wales. The crucis ("of the cross") in its name refers to the Pillar of Eliseg which stands nearby, which would already have stood for nearly four centuries when the abbey was established in 1201. The new foundation was a Cistercian house, a 'daughter' of Strata Marcella, near Welshpool; its patron was Madog ap Gruffudd Maelor, Prince of Powys Fadog. So that the abbey could enjoy solitude required by the order, the existing settlement of Llangwestl was removed to Stansty, north-west of Wrexham. (wikipedia free online encyclopedia)