PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF ST. MARY’S CHURCH, ALL SOULS, UNIVERSITY 1771 ENGRAVING

Original 1771 6 1/8 inch x 10 7/8 inch copper plate engraving titled PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF ST. MARY’S CHURCH, ALL SOULS, UNIVERSITY AND QUEEN’S COLLEGES IN OXFORD.

After John Donowell (1753 - 1786). An eighteenth-century British architect and engraver, known as the author of some drawings for architectural refurbishment at West Wycombe Park in Buckinghamshire. Donowell is considered to be one of the principal architect-draughtsmen in the third quarter of the eighteenth century. He drew a number of topographical drawings, mostly views of London. His work was exhibited at the Royal Academy in the 1770s and 1780s, and also published as prints during this period.

From ‘The complete English Traveller; a new survey and Description of England and wales. Containing a full Account of whatever is curious and entertaining in the several Counties of England and Wales, The Isles of Man, Jersey, Guernsey, and other islands adjoining to, and dependant on the Crown of Great Britain’ by Nathaniel Spencer.

Printed for John Cooke, Shakespeare’s Head, Paternoster Row, London 1771.

Page size 9 inch x 14 inch

The engraving, on chain-laid paper, is in very good condition with minor age related toning. Reverse side blank.