On offer: an original (i.e. not a later reproduction) scarce antique print "The South View of a Religious Ruin, near Chester.", Cheshire.
DATE PRINTED: 1877 from a plate first published in 1727 (both dates on the print).
SIZE:The printed area including titles is approximately 36 x 19.5 cm, 14 x 7.75 inches (medium) plus margins.
ARTIST/CARTOGRAPHER/ENGRAVER: Drawn by Samuel & Nathaniel Buck. Samuel Buck (1696 – 17 August 1779) and his brother Nathaniel Buck (died 1759/1774) were English engravers and printmakers, best known for their Buck's Antiquities, depictions of ancient castles and monasteries. Between 1726 and 1753 the brothers created 423 engravings of national monasteries, abbeys, castles and ruins and 81 views of towns and cities. Samuel produced much work on his own but when the brothers worked together, they were usually known as the Buck Brothers.
PROVENANCE: First published in 'Buck's Perspective Views of Cities and Chief Towns in England and Wales'. The Bucks Views, as they have become known, provide an invaluable record of these magnificent towns and buildings, some of which have seen further deterioration during the 275 years that have since passed. Published in George Ormerod's, "The history of the county palatine and city of Chester..." Taken from the 2nd edition, published by George Routledge and Son, London, 1882. George Omerod (1785-1883) was a keen antiquarian and at the age of 23 started making a large collection of documents for his planned history of Cheshire. Born in Manchester and educated in Cheshire, in 1811 he purchased an estate near Chorlton and the first edition of his great work was published in 1819.
TYPE: Antique engraving 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 paper is subject to some normal aging due to use and time which is not significant unless otherwise stated.
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.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The Abbey of St. Mary at Stanlaw (or Stanlow as it has been posthumously known since a Victorian cartographical error), was a Cistercian foundation situated on Stanlaw - now Stanlow Point, on the banks of the River Mersey in the Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire, England (grid reference SJ427773), near Ellesmere Port, 11 km north of Chester Castle and 12 km south-west of Halton Castle. The abbey was founded in 1178 by John fitz Richard, Baron of Halton and Hereditary Constable of Chester, as a daughter abbey of Combermere Abbey. In August 1277, King Edward I of England stayed there for three nights. Stanlaw Abbey was in an exposed situation near the Mersey estuary and it suffered from a series of disasters. In 1279 it was flooded by water from the Mersey and in 1287 during a fierce storm, its tower collapsed and part of the abbey was destroyed by fire. The monks appealed to the pope for the monastery to be moved to a better site and thus, with both papal consent and the agreement of Edward I and Henry de Lacy, 10th Baron Halton, they moved to Whalley near Clitheroe, Lancashire. This move took place in 1296. However, a small cell of monks remained on the site until the Reformation, the site becoming a grange of Whalley Abbey. The remains of the abbey lie on Stanlow Island marooned between the Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal. The standing remains include two sandstone walls and a re-used doorway, and the buried features include part of a drain leading to the River Gowy. These remains are recognised as a scheduled monument. The abbey was purchased by Mr John Wright (previously of The Wheelwright Public House, Elton, Cheshire) who turned the building into three dwellings for some of his children. The family resided on Stanlow until a compulsory purchase order was placed on the island to make way for the oil refinery.
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