1790 Antique Print; Stanton Harcourt, near Witney, Oxfordshire

Description: On offer: an original (i.e. not a later reproduction) antique print "Stanton Harcourt, Oxon.". DATE PRINTED: c.1790 SIZE: The printed area including titles is approximately 24.5 x 18 cm (9.5 x 7.25 inches) plus margins with a blank back (medium). ARTIST/CARTOGRAPHER/ENGRAVER: Unknown PROVENANCE: Unknown, Clearly very scare, I have been unable to locate any other examples or the source of this view. No copy comes up in a search of BL. TYPE: Antique aquatint printed on paper. VERSO: There is nothing printed on the reverse side which is blank. CONDITION: Good; suitable for framing. Please check the scan for any blemishes prior to making your purchase. Virtually all antiquarian maps and prints are subject to some normal aging due to use and time which is not significant unless otherwise stated. I offer a no questions asked return policy. AUTHENTICITY: This is an authentic antique print, published at the date stated above. I do not offer reproductions. It is not a modern copy. The term 'original' when applied to a print means that it was printed at the first or original date of publication; it does not imply that the item is unique. RETURNS POLICY: I offer a no questions returns policy. All I ask is that you pay return shipping and mail back to me in original condition. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Stanton Harcourt is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire about 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Witney and about 6 miles (10 km) west of Oxford. Pope's Tower in the grounds of Harcourt House was built about 1470–71, probably by the master mason William Orchard. The tower acquired its name centuries later, after the poet Alexander Pope stayed here in 1717–18 and used its upper room to translate the fifth volume of Homer's Iliad. The earliest known record of the Church of England parish church of Saint Michael dates from 1135, and the Norman nave and lower parts of the bell tower are certainly 12th century. In the 13th century the chancel, chancel arch and tower arches were rebuilt and the transepts and stair turret were added. In the 15th century the upper part of the belltower was completed, the Perpendicular Gothic west window of the nave and north and south windows of the transepts were inserted and the pitch of the roof was lowered. Lord Harcourt demolished the original village of Nuneham Courtenay in the 1760s in order to create a landscaped park around his new villa. He removed the existing village in its entirety, rebuilding it and diverting the main Oxford to London road (now the A4074).Please explore my ebay shop for more antique prints. Track Page Views With Auctiva's FREE Counter

Price: 27.99 GBP

Location: Marlow

End Time: 2025-02-01T12:40:45.000Z

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