Title

Witley Court, Worcestershire, home of the Earl of Dudley, c1880. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Witley Court, Worcestershire, home of the Earl of Dudley, c1880. Formerly known as Whitley Court, the house was built in 1655 by Thomas Foley, a prosperous Midlands ironmaster. John Nash carried out a major reconstruction in the 1800s. Since 1937 the house has fallen into ruin. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, edited by Reverend FO Morris, Volume I, William Mackenzie, London, c1880. Wood-engraved plates after paintings by Benjamin Fawcett and Alexander Francis Lydon.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1880

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C48_480

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,2Mb (6,8Mb) / 16,7in x 11,7in / 4999 x 3511 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior building buildings England house architecture garden country British English color colour mansion location century Britain outside country house stately home Worcestershire 19th century aristocracy aristocrat nineteenth century The Print Collector earl TGN Witley Court engraving Unknown Earl of Dudley John John Nash Nash Benjamin Fawcett;Fawcett Benjamin; AF Lydon;Lydon AF;Alexander Francis Lydon;Alexander Lydon John Nash engraving