1818 Antique Print; Malmesbury Abbey Church, Wiltshire after Greig

Description: On offer: an original (i.e. not a later reproduction) antique print "Malmsbury Abbey Wilts." DATE PRINTED: 1818 (dated on print).SIZE:The printed area including titles is approximately 9.25 x 8 cm, 3.75 x 3.25 inches (v. small) plus margins . ARTIST/CARTOGRAPHER/ENGRAVER: Drawn and engraved by John Greig. Greig was active 1800-53, engraver and lithographer; worked for James Storer in London, 1803-12.PROVENANCE: Published in "The antiquarian itinerary, comprising specimens of architecture, monastic, castellated, and domestic; with other vestiges of antiquity in Great Britain." - 1816/ 1818. Illustrations in this work are of a high quality but very small. 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. POSTAGE / SHIPPING COSTS: I only charge postage for the first print ordered. There is no additional postage charge if you order more than one print.BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Malmesbury Abbey, at Malmesbury in Wiltshire, England, is a religious house dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul. It was one of the few English houses with a continual history from the 7th century through to the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The Abbey, which owned 23,000 acres (93 km2) in the twenty parishes that constituted Malmesbury Hundred, was closed at the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539 by Henry VIII and was sold, with all its lands, to William Stumpe, a rich merchant. He returned the abbey church to the town for continuing use as a parish church, and filled the abbey buildings with twenty looms for his cloth-weaving enterprise. The west tower fell around 1550, demolishing the three westernmost bays of the nave. As a result of these two collapses, less than half of the original building stands today. During the English Civil War, Malmesbury is said to have changed hands as many as seven times, and the abbey was fiercely fought over. Hundreds of pock-marks left by bullets and shot can still be seen on the south, west and east sides of the Abbey walls. In 1949 the Abbey was designated as a Grade I listed building. Today Malmesbury Abbey is in full use as the parish church of Malmesbury, in the Diocese of Bristol. Please explore my ebay shop for more antique prints. Track Page Views With Auctiva's FREE Counter

Price: 6.99 GBP

Location: Marlow

End Time: 2024-02-09T13:29:57.000Z

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