On offer: an original (i.e. not a later reproduction) antique print "Rosslyn Chapel.  Arched Ceiling & Portion of the North Side." Lothian, Scotland

DATE PRINTED: 1852 or shortly afterwards.

SIZE: The printed view, including titles, is approximately 18.5 x 26 cm, 7.25 x 10.25 inches (medium) plus margins.

ARTIST/CARTOGRAPHER/ENGRAVER: Engraved by G.B. Smith from an original study by the architect and illustrator R. W. Billings. Robert William Billings (1813 – 14 November 1874) was an English painter and architect. Trained as a topographical draughtsman, he wrote and illustrated many books early in his career, before concentrating on his architectural practice.

PROVENANCE: Produced for the part-work “Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland”, published between 1845 and 1852.

TYPE: Antique steel plate engraving printed on paper.

VERSO: There is a nothing 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.

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.

POSTAGE / SHIPPING COSTS: I only charge postage for the first print ordered. There is no additional postage charge if you order more than one print.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:  Rosslyn Chapel, formerly known as the Collegiate Chapel of St Matthew, is a 15th century chapel located in the village of Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland. Rosslyn Chapel was founded on a small hill above Roslin Glen as a Catholic collegiate church (with between four and six ordained canons and two boy choristers) in the mid-15th century. The chapel was founded by William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness of the  Scoto-Norman Sinclair family. Rosslyn Chapel is the third Sinclair place of worship at Roslin, the first being in Roslin Castle and the second (whose crumbling buttresses can still be seen today) in what is now Roslin Cemetery.

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