Caverswall Castle: copper-plate engraving

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Date:8th of March 1776

Description:South east view showing a large stone building, three storeys high, of the Early Jacobean period. It stands in a walled court-yard surrounded by a moat with octagonal towers at each angle. It is printed on a page with letterpress of a passage transcribed from 'Magna Brittania'. Engaved by S. Hooper.


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1650s
Caverswall Castle: copper-plate engraving
Caverswall Castle: copper-plate engraving

East south east view showing a large stone building, three storeys high, of the ...

1780s
Caverswall Castle: engraving
Caverswall Castle: engraving

South east view of Caverswall Castle showing a view of the castle across a large ...

1810s
Caverswall Castle: coloured aquatint engraving
Caverswall Castle: coloured aquatint engraving

South west view showing the Benedictine nuns from Ghent, who occupied the Castle. ...

1840s
Caverswall Castle: sepia drawing
Caverswall Castle: sepia drawing

'Caverswall Castle, Staffordshire.' South west view showing the castle within a ...

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Donor ref:SV-III.50b (45/7895)

Source: William Salt Library

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