VIEW OF THE MOON-POND, AND THE TEMPLE OF PIETY, STUDLEY PARK 1771 ENGRAVING

Original 1771 6 1/8 inch x 10 7/8 inch copper plate engraving titled VIEW OF THE MOON-POND, AND THE TEMPLE OF PIETY, WITH PART OF STUDLEY PARK, IN YORKSHIRE, BELONGING TO WM. AISLABIE ESQ.

View of a circular pond, flanked by two crescents of water, decorated by three classical statues, with a classical temple to left, woods forming a semi-circle in the background and figures in the park, including a man sitting on the grass in the right foreground, with a companion leaning on his elbows against the verge, talking to a lady who walks past.

After an earlier etching by Anthony Walker (1726 - 1765). An English printmaker, artist and renowned draughtsman.

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.