Title
VIEW of KINGSGATE in the ISLE of THANET. / Painted by George Walker Esqr ; Etch'd by Jas Ward, Painter & Engraver in Mezzotinto to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
Creator
Ward, James, 1769-1859, printmaker, publisher.
Publication details
[London] : Publish'd May 1st 1799 by Jas Ward, Southampton Row, Lisson Green., [May 1 1799]
Physical details
1 print : etching with hand-colouring ; sheet 30.2 x 58 cm
Description
View of a ruined castle with a round castellated tower with small windows, and a gatehouse flanked by square towers, on the edge of a cliff overlooking the sea to left, with other buildings and ruins lining the cliffs as they run inland to right, before curving round to give a grassy clifftop extending along the foreground, where cows graze, with another norman tower to right.
Place
Broadstairs (England)
Other persons
Walker, George, -approximately 1795, artist.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.18.30.f.