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drawing
Object Type
drawing
Museum number
1850,0223.820
Description
Knaresborough Castle from the S; view from below cliff, looking up to part of ruins, crossed by path from r Brown and grey wash over graphite, partly strengthened with pen and brown ink Verso: Mills below Knaresborough Castle; view looking from W, across the Nidd towards a watermill and cottages below the Castle Grey wash over graphite
Producer name
Drawn by:
Francis Place
School/style
British
Production date
1711-1728
Materials
paper
Technique
drawn
Dimensions
Height:
196 millimetres
Width:
307 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Croft-Murray 1960 / Catalogue of British Drawings in the British Museum, XVI and XVII centuries
(16)
Binyon 1898-1907 / Catalogue of drawings by British artists, and artists of foreign origin working in Great Britain
(14)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
water-mill/water-wheel
castle/fort
domestic building
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
Knaresborough
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
W & G Smith
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Mrs Frances Wyndham
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Wadham Wyndham
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Parrott
(Family;?)
Acquisition date
1850
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1850,0223.820