Antique Prints of English Mansions
Part 1
Richard Nicholson of Chester
A World of Antique Maps and Prints
Established in 1961
All the Prints on this page are guaranteed to be genuine early specimens
published in or around the year stated
COUNTRY SEATS - 1880
The plates were drawn by Alexander Francis Lydon, and printed using Baxters process by a Baxter licensee, Benjamin Fawcett. Each plate was printed in an average of eight colours.
With each print is the original page of text which provides some useful information about each property
Each measures 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches plus good blank margins. Unmounted.
PRICE: 10.00 pounds each
Special Offer
2 Country Seats - 7.00 each
3 Country Seats - 6.00 each
5 Country Seats - 5.00 each
Alexander Francis Lydon (1836/37–1917) was an Irish-born British artist, watercolourist, illustrator and engraver active in the 19th century. He specialised in detailed natural history subjects and landscapes. He became especially known for his architectural and estate views starting his career apprenticed to the printer Benjamin Fawcett, with whom he maintained a long and fruitful collaboration throughout his life.
His work featured prominently in major illustrated books including the six-volume The County Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, authored by the Rev. Francis Orpen Morris. In this project Lydon produced meticulous drawings of grand country houses and estates which captured the architectural detail as well as well as the surrounding countryside, which were then engraved for printing.
This large collection of Country Seats were reproduced through a multi-block colour wood engraving technique often referred to as chromoxylography, based on the Baxter process. The Baxter process — named after its inventor George Baxter and licensed to a few printers including Fawcett — involved layering many colour blocks (often eight or more) to build up rich, subtle colour effects. Each colour was printed from its own carved wood block in precise registration, resulting in prints often mistaken for watercolours because of their tonal delicacy and richness.
ILydon’s precise draughtsmanship provided the design and engraved line work, while Benjamin Fawcett, one of the foremost practitioners of the Baxter colour printing technique, executed the complex colour printing to produce the finished plates. Together their work produced some of the finest Victorian colour prints of British country seats and contributed significantly to visual documentation of these estates.
BEDFORDSHIRE
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Woburn Abbey
83906 Woburn Abbey, near Woburn
Duke of Bedford
BERKSHIRE
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
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Woburn Abbey
93896
Stowe Park, near Buckingham
Home of the Temple and Greenville families
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West Wycombe Buckinghamshire
93465
West Wycombe, near Wycombe
Dashwood family
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West Wycombe Buckinghamshire
93347
Hughenden Manor near Wycombe
Disraeli family
CHESHIRE
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Capesthorne Cheshire
93449
Capesthorne, near Chelford
Davenport family
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Cholmondeley Castle Cheshire
93899
Cholmondeley Castle
Marquis of Cholmondeley
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Eaton Hall Cheshire
94814
Eaton Hall
Duke of Westminster
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Moreton HallCheshire
93459
Moreton Hall, near Congleton
Ackers family
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Capesthorne Cheshire
93853
Capesthorne, near Chelford
Davenport family
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Capedthorne Cheshire
93868
Moreton Hall, near Congleton
Ackers family
CORNWALL
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Carnanton Cornwall
93689
Carnanton near St. Colomb
Willyams family
CUMBERLAND
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Hutton-in-the-Forest, near Penrith.
93468
Hutton-in-the-Forest, near Penrith
Vane family.
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Netherhall near Maryport
93352
Netherhall near Maryport
Pocklington family
DERBYSHIRE
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Chatsworth Derbyshire
94816
Chatsworth
Duke of Devonshire
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Drakelowe Hall
93893
Drakelowe Hall, near Burton-on-Trent.
Home of the Voeux family
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Elvaston Castle Derbyshire
93888
Elvaston Castle, near Derby
Home of the Harrington family
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Ednaston Lodge Derbyshire
Ednaston Lodge near Derby
Kingdon family
DEVONSHIRE
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Mount Edgcumbe Devon
Mount Edgcumbe,near Plymouth.
Home of the Edgecomb family
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Ugbrooke Devon
Ugbrooke, near Chudleigh. Lord Clifford
DORSETSHIRE
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Melbury House Dorset
Melbury House, near Dorchester.
Home of the Earl of Ilchester.
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Milton Abbey Dorset
Milton Abbey, near Blandford. Home of Lord Portarlington and later the Hambro family.
COUNTY DURHAM
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Wynyard Park County Durham
Wynyard Park
near Stockton-on-Tees.
Marquis of Londonderry
ESSEX
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Danbury Palace Essex
Danbury Palace, near Maldon. Home of the Mildmay and Round families.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
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Sezincot Gloucestershire
Sezincot, Gloucestershire. Rushout family and previosly the Cockerell family
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Sudeley Castle Gloucestershire
Sudeley Castle, near Winchcombe.
The Dent family
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Sezincot
Sezincot, Gloucestershire. Rushout family and previosly the Cockerell family
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Westonbirt House Gloucestershire
Westonbirt House, near Tetbury.
The Holford family
HAMPSHIRE
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Broadlands near Romsey Hampshire
94825
Broadlands, near Romsey
Cowper Temple
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High Cliffe Hampshire
93654
High Cliffe, near Christchurch
Beresford family. Marchioness of Waterford
HEREFORDSHIRE
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Garnstone Herefordshire
94811
Garnstone, near Weobley
Home of the Peploe family
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Hampton Court Herefordshire
93908
Hampton Court, near Leominster.
Home of the Arkwright family
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Holme Lacy Herefordshire
94809
Holme Lacy, near Hereford
Home of the Scudamore family
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Eastnor Castle Herefordshire
93975
Eastnor Castle
Cocks family
HERTFORDSHIRE
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Cassiobury Park Hertfordshire
93911
Cassiobury Park, near Watford.
Home of the Capel family
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Hatfield House Hertfordshire
93916
Hatfield House, near Hatfield
Marquis of Salisbury
KENT
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Cobham Hall Kent
93890
Cobham Hall, near Gravesend
Home once of the Stuart, Cornbury, Hyde and Bligh families
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Penshurst Castlel Kent
93374
Penshurst Castle
Sydney family
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Leeds Castlel Kent
93894
Leeds Castle, near Maidstone.
Home of the Martin and Wykeham-Martin families
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Knole near Sevenoaks Kent
93389
Knole near Sevenoaks
Lord Sackville
LANCASHIRE
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Astley Hall Lancashire
93650
Astley Hall, near Chorley Hoghton family
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Knowlsey Hall Lancashire
94810
Knowsley Hall
Home of the Stanleys, Earls of Derby
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Lathom House Lancashire
93639
Lathom House, near Ormskirk
Wilbraham familiy. Lord Skelmersdale
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Worsley Hall Lancashire
93902
Worsley Hall, near Manchester.
Earl of Ellesmere
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Capenwray near Lancaster Lancashire
93372
Capenwray near Lancaster
Marton family
LEICESTERSHIRE
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Belvoir Castle Leicestershire
93915
Belvoir Castle, near Grantham. Duke of Rutland
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Swithland Hall Leicestershire
93903
Swithland Hall, near Mountsorrell.
Home of the Butler family
LEICESTERSHIRE
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Harlaxton Manor Lincolnshire
93897
Harlaxton Manor, near Grantham
Home of the Longden family. (A little foxing in lower blank margin) Price: 6.50
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Lea near Gainsborough Lincolnshire
94807
Lea, near Gainsborough.
The family of Anderson, Baronet of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
RICHARD NICHOLSON
of CHESTER
Stoneydale
Pepper Street
Christleton
Chester
CH3 7AG
Telephone
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I have been buying and selling antique maps and prints since the early 1960's during which time I had a gallery in Watergate Street, Chester for 30 years. I am now able to offer through my websites a personal service to map and print collectors.
