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Object Type
Museum number: 1981,U.2257
Title: Object: A View of Bywell Bay in Northumberland
Description: River landscape with figures at leisure in the foreground, a fisherman at right and fortified tower further along the bank, a rowing boat on the water before falls, a town on the banks beyond; after William Bellers, plate three from a series of eight views of Northern England. 1754, this re-edition 1774 Etching with some engraving
Producer name: After: William Bellers; Print made by: James Mason; Print made by: Pierre Charles Canot; Published by: John Boydell; Published by: Robert Sayer
School/style
Production date: 1754
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 397 millimetres; Width: 540 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: For the series see comment for 1877,0609.1693. For the first edition of this plate in 1754 see 1867,0112.87
Location: Not on display
Subjects: fisherman/fishing; boat/ship; waterfall/cascade; castle/fort
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Northumberland
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1891
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1981,U.2257

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