Lot 317
Johannes Kip and Leonard Knyff. Eaton Hall on the River Dee near the Citty of Chester in Cheshire. Handcolored engraving of "the Seat of the Honble. Sr. Thomas Grosvenor Baron.tt [1655-1700]". Image: 14½ x 18½, matted and framed. Not examined out of frame. A few nicks to frame. Knyff and Kip were both Dutch, the former a draughtsman and painter and the latter was a draughtsman and engraver. They made a series of engravings of the country houses of Britain, which were published in Britannia Illustrata or Views of Several of the Queen's Palaces also of othe Principal Seats of the Nobility and Gentry of Great Britain. The Queen referred to was Queen Anne (ruled 1702-14).
Estimated Value $250 - 350.
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