Title

'The Petrifying or Dropping Well, and Ruins of Knaresbrough Castle in Yorkshire', 1771. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'Perspective View of the Petrifying or Dropping Well, and Ruins of Knaresbrough Castle in Yorkshire', 1771. Visitors marvel at the natural phenomenon whereby the high mineral content in the water turns objects to stone. Published in The Complete English Traveller; or, A New Survey and Description of England and Wales by Nathaniel Spencer, 1771.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1771

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D49_254

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

140,2Mb (8,2Mb) / 30,0in x 18,1in / 9000 x 5443 (300dpi)

Keywords

travel water unusual England stone rocks rock century concept North Yorkshire natural phenomena B&W natural phenomenon tourist attraction MONOCHROME knaresborough PETRIFIED black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century tourism The Print Collector TGN engraving landscape Unknown Robert Nathaniel Spencer petrifying well Robert Sanders Sanders Nathaniel Spencer dropping well Robert Sanders engraving landscape