Bird's-eye view of Grimsthorpe Castle & estate by Kip & Knyff. Lincolnshire 1709
[Grimsthorpe Castle] Grimsthorp in the County of Lincoln the Seat of the Rt. Earl of Lindsey, Lord Great Chamberlain of England, Baron of Willoughby Beck and Eresby, Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the abovesaid County; Hereditary Lord Warden of Waltham Forrest; and one of the Lords of Her Majestys most Privy Councill &c. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Johannes Kip after Leonard Knyff. Provenance: "Britannia Illustrata or Views of Several of the Queens Palaces as also of the Principal Seats of the Nobility and Gentry of Great Britain Curiously Engraven on 80 Copper Plates", London. Printed for David Mortier at the Erasimus's Head in the Strand. Daniel Midwinter at the Three Crowns in St. Paul's ChurchYard. Henry Overton at the White Horse without Newgate & Joseph Smith at Pictor Shop ye West end of Exeter Exchange in ye Strand. M. DCC. IX. Type: Early 18th century folio antique copperplate print. Grimsthorpe Castle. By the date of this print, the 15th Baron Willoughby de Eresby and 3rd Earl Lindsey had rebuilt the north front of Grimsthorpe in the classical style. In 1715, Robert Bertie, the 16th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, employed Sir John Vanbrugh to design a baroque front to the house; it is Vanbrugh's last masterpiece. His designs for the reconstruction of the other three ranges of the house were not carried out. Nancy Astor died here in 1964.
Size: 6133px × 4610px
Location: Lincolnshire
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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