PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF COLCHESTER, IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX 1771 ANTIQUE ENGRAVING

Original 1771 6 3/8 inch x 11 inch copper plate engraving titled PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF COLCHESTER, IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX.

View of Colchester, the towers and spires of numerous churches rising above the numerous houses, the castle and other buildings of the town, trees and gardens throughout the town, the River Coln flowing through the centre-ground with buildings lining the banks, boats and ships on the water with a bridge spanning the banks, windmills on the hills beyond, elegant ladies to the foreground.

After Joseph Ryland. Miniature painter, wax modeller, draughtsman and etcher in London.

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.