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Antique Print of Longleat in Wiltshire by Campbell (1725)

  • Condition: Good, age-related toning. Blank verso. Minor wear, please study image carefully.
  • Date: 1725
  • Overall size: 64 x 50.5 cm.
  • Image size: 49 x 24 cm.
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.. Antique Print of Longleat in Wiltshire by Campbell (1725)

Description: Antique print titled 'Long Leate in Wiltshire (..)'. Old engraving of Longleat, Wiltshire. Longleat is an English stately home and the seat of the Marquesses of Bath. It is a leading and early example of the Elizabethan prodigy house. This print originates from 'Vitruvius Britannicus' by Colen Campbell. 

Artists and Engravers: Colen Campbell's Vitruvius Britannicus is considered one of the greatest eighteenth-century English architectural works. Campbell published the first three volumes between 1715 and 1725, but the text was continued in two subsequent volumes by Woolfe and Gandon in 1767 and 1771. The work is comprised of large, finely engraved illustrations, plans, and cross sections of English country houses and parks.