On offer: an original (i.e. not a later reproduction) antique print "Canterbury Castle, Kent."  

DATE PRINTED: 1815, dated on the print.

SIZE: The printed area including titles is approximately 9.5 x 8 cm (3.75 x 3.25 inches) plus margins with a blank back (very small).   

ARTIST/CARTOGRAPHER/ENGRAVER: Engraved by  William Deeble (active 1811 - 1853) from a study by L. Clennell. Luke Clennell was born in Morpeth, Northumberland, the son of a farmer.  After completing his seven-year apprenticeship he moved to London in 1804, where he married a daughter of the copper-engraver Charles Turner Warren (1762–1823). Through his marriage he became acquainted with such book illustrators as William Finden and Abraham Raimbach. He gained a reputation as a wood-engraver, and in May 1806 he was awarded the gold palette of the Society of Arts for a wood-engraving of a battle scene. He subsequently gave up engraving for painting .  

PROVENANCE:   Published in "The antiquarian itinerary, comprising specimens of architecture, monastic, castellated, and domestic; with other vestiges of antiquity in Great Britain." - 1815/ 1818. Illustrations in this work are of a high quality but very small.

TYPE: Antique copper plate engraving printed on paper. 

VERSO: There is nothing printed on the reverse side, which is blank. 

CONDITION: Good; suitable for framing. Please check the scan for any blemishes prior to making your purchase. Virtually all antiquarian paper is subject to some normal aging due to use and time which is not significant unless otherwise stated. I offer a no questions asked return policy.

AUTHENTICITY: This is an authentic antique print, published at the date stated above. I do not offer reproductions. It is not a modern copy.  The term 'original' when applied to a print means that it was printed at the first or original date of publication; it does not imply that the item is unique. 

RETURNS POLICY: I offer a no questions returns policy. All I ask is that you pay return shipping and mail back to me in original condition. 

POSTAGE / SHIPPING COSTS:  I only charge postage for the first print ordered. There is no additional postage charge if you order more than one print. 

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:  When William the Conqueror overcame King Harold and his Saxons at the Battle of Hastings, one of his first acts was to establish three powerful castles in the southeast of his new realm, at Canterbury, Dover, and Rochester. His new castle at Canterbury is what is now called Dane John, a corruption of the French word for donjon, or keep.  By the 17th century the castle had fallen into ruin. In 1609 James I granted it to Sir Anthony Weldon, and in 1730 a new County Session House was built on the site of the medieval great hall.  In 1825 the castle was used by the Canterbury Gas Light and Coke Company as a storage depot for coal and coke, and later a large water tank was set up on the ruins of the keep. In 1901 the castle was described as 'a most miserable discoloured ruin, its Cyclopean walls begrimed with soot and filth.' Thankfully the castle was purchased by Canterbury City Council, who have restored it to its current condition sions and the Norman conquest of England, a priory was reestablished. 

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• Condition: Good. Please check the scan for any blemishes prior to making your purchase. Virtually all antiquarian maps and prints are subject to some normal aging due to use and time which is not significant and too noticeable unless otherwise stated.
• Unit of Sale: Single Piece
• Artist: Luke Clennell
• Image Orientation: Landscape
• Size: Small
• Material: Paper
• Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
• Framing: Unframed
• Subject: Topographical
• Type: Print
• Year of Production: 1815
• Theme: Topographical
• Production Technique: Copper Engraving
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
• Time Period Produced: 1800-1849

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