The Setting Out of the Train Bands from London to Raise the Siege of Gloucester and The Defence of Basing House (after Charles West Cope)
Goupil & Cie
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Hand photogravure on heavy wove paper in a frame of laquered crenellated pine moulding.
Measurements
53.4 cm (H); 106 cm (W); 20 mm (D)
Order this imageCollection
Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 460872.3
Summary
One of 6 black and white prints depicting moments in British history - 'The Trained Bands Leaving London and the Defence of Basing House'. Black reeded frame with gilt mounts. Inscribed: 'E.M.Ward R.A. photo-engraved by Goupil Co.'
Provenance
An item from the Llanerchaeron collection, left to the National Trust in the will of John Powell Ponsonby Lewes in 1989
Marks and inscriptions
'E.M.Ward R.A. photo-engraved by Goupil Co.'
Makers and roles
Goupil & Cie, engraver (printmaker) after Charles West Cope, RA (Leeds 1811 – Bournemouth 1890), artist