Title
ACTON BURNEL CASTLE, (Salop) : To Sir Edward Smythe Bart THIS PRINT is respectfully Dedicated by His obliged humble Servt Edwd Orme. / Edwd Orme exeut.
Creator
Orme, Edward, printmaker, publisher.
Publication details
[London] : Published & Sold Jany 1 1805 by Edward Orme his Majestey's Printseller 59 New Bond Street London., [January 1 1805]
Physical details
1 print : aquatint and etching with hand-colouring ; platemark 33.6 x 43.5 cm, on sheet 42.5 x 55.3 cm
Description
View looking across grass to the ruins of Acton Burnell in Shrewsbury. A large country house to the right of the ruined castle; a chapel on the left; trees and a ruined building in the foreground; trees and fields stretching to the horizon; Shrewsbury in the distance. Engraved 'Proof' in the lower right-hand corner. The arms of the Smythe family in the centre of the engraved text. A long inscription to the right of the arms describes the history of Acton Burnell and its owners.
Place
Shropshire (England)
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.36.20.1.b.