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Southwick... Britannia Illustrata...Amsterdam, 1709-26. $750 |
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 "Southwick in the County of Southampton the Seat of Richard Norton, Esq."
Joannes Kip (1653-1722) was a draughtsman and engraver who was born in Amsterdam in the middle of the seventeenth century. He became known for his etchings and engravings of city and landscape views. This view is from one of Kip’s most important works, a series of etchings of the great houses of Britain based upon the drawings of Leonard Knyff and published under the title Britannia Illustrata, of Views of several of the Queen’s Palaces, as also of the principal Seats of the Nobility and Gentry of Great Britain, curiously engraven on 80 copperplates. The highly decorative series is also valued for the record the prints provide of the architecture, landscape and garden designs, agricultural practices and clothing fashions of the time.
17 x 22 inches, sheet.
Etching and engraving.
Hand colored.
Excellent condition.
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