1811 Antique Scarce Print; Taplow Court, Bucks after Samuel Owen

Description: On offer: an original (i.e. not a later reproduction) scarce print of "Taplow House", although actually showing Taplow Court. A view taken of the Thames and house which at the time belonging to the Earl of Orkney. This is a particularly desirable large paper (Royal Octavo) example with wide margins and on higher quality paper. Offered with the original sheet of text describing the view. DATE PRINTED: 1811. Dated 1810 on the print, the date of engraving. There were further editions of this publication in 1822 and 1828, which retained 35 of the views published in 1811. This view was not re-published in these later editions and only appeared in the original 1811 edition, so particularly scarce.SIZE: The printed area including titles is approximately 19.5 x 13 cm, 7.75 x 5.25 inches (medium) plus margins. ARTIST/CARTOGRAPHER/ENGRAVER: Drawn by Samuel Owen and engraved by W. Cooke. Samuel Owen (1769? – 8 December 1857) was an English marine painter and illustrator. William Bernard Cooke (1778 – 2 August 1855), was an English line engraver. Cooke was born in London in 1778. He was the elder brother of George Cooke (1781–1834), and became a pupil of William Angus (1752–1821). After the termination of his apprenticeship he obtained employment upon the plates for Brewer's "Beauties of England and Wales", and then undertook the publication of "The Thames" which was completed in 1811, and for which he engraved almost all the plates after Samuel Owen. PROVENANCE: Published in "The Thames Or graphic illustrations of seats, villas, public buildings and picturesque scenery on the Banks of that Noble River. Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, 1811." etched by W.B Cooke & George Cooke of London and published by Vernor Hood & Sharpe, London. Ref: Cohen p.134.TYPE: Antique copper plate engraving printed on paper. VERSO: There is nothing printed on the reverse side, which is blank. CONDITION: Good, suitable for framing. Please check the scan for any blemishes prior to making your purchase. Virtually all antiquarian maps and prints are subject to some normal aging due to use and time which is not significant unless otherwise stated. I offer a no questions asked return policy. AUTHENTICITY: This is an authentic antique print, published at the date stated above. I do not offer reproductions. It is not a modern copy. The term 'original' when applied to a print means that it was printed at the first or original date of publication; it does not imply that the item is unique. RETURNS POLICY: I offer a no questions returns policy. All I ask is that you pay return shipping and mail back to me in original condition. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Taplow Court is a large Victorian house in the village of Taplow in Buckinghamshire, England, which has served as the national headquarters for the Soka Gakkai International of the United Kingdom (SGI-UK) since 1988. There has been a manor house on the site since before the Norman Conquest in 1066. The manor was owned by the monks at Merton Priory until the Dissolution of the Monasteries. It was then owned by the Hampson family in the 17th century, coming under attack during the English Civil War. Throughout the 18th century and through to the 1850s, Taplow Court was home to the Earl and Countess of Orkney who has also owned the adjacent Cliveden. From 1852, Taplow Court became the home of the Grenfell family, purchased by Charles Pascoe Grenfell in August of that year. His family had it rebuilt in 1855, as it is dated, etched into the masonry. The exterior in an early Tudor style and the interior (with its central glazed hall rising the full height of the house) in Romanesque architecture. A listed building in the starting category of Grade II, it is built of red brick partly dressed in light stone and has a slate roof, has four storeys with 2 stone stringcourses carried round the building as drip moulds over the windows. It has a central projection with a porch. Here its heavy oak door is set in recess with a Norman style arch. An interior room at Taplow Court It was inherited in 1867 by his grandson William Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough where a prominent social role was also played by his wife Ettie. Their son was war poet Julian Grenfell. They prominently hosted an aristocratic and elite group known as "the Souls" at the house. Visitors included Henry Irving, Vita Sackville-West, Edward VII when Prince of Wales, Winston Churchill, H. G. Wells, Patrick Shaw Stewart, Edith Wharton and Oscar Wilde. A stické court was built by Lord Desborough at Taplow Court in 1892 and the dimension of this court subsequently became the standard size of the court. In 1913 Taplow Court was rented by Rodman Wanamaker, the U.S. Department Store magnate. After World War II, Taplow Court was owned by British Telecommunications Research, a subsidiary of Plessey Electronics until 1988 when it became a Soka Gakkai International Buddhist centre. Please explore my ebay shop for more antique prints. Track Page Views With Auctiva's FREE Counter

Price: 14.99 GBP

Location: Marlow

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