Sussex Prints

19x15 cm

Sheffield Place in Sussex, the Seat of Lord Sheffield.
Published as the Act directs, Aug.^t 1, 1791, by W. Angus No 4 Gwynnes Buildings, Islington.
Copper engraving by William Angus (1752-1821) after a sketch by Humphry Repton (1752-1818) the English landscape designer.
Published in The Seats of the Nobility and Gentry...W. Angus London 1787-1815.
The house, built before 1779, was designed by James Wyatt and the gardens and park laid out by Humphry Repton following the original designs by Lancelot "Capability" Brown.
Later hand colour.
Includes separate original page of text description .