Huntingdonshire Prints

13x9 cm

BUCKDEN PALACE
B. Ralph del. | C.Grignion sculp. 

Copper engraving by Charles Grignion (1721-1810) after a sketch by Benjamin Ralph (fl.1763-1770) published in England Ilustrated or a Compendium of the Natural History, Geography, Topography and Antiquities Ecclesiastical and Civil, of England and Wales...London: R & J Dodsley, 1764 [1763].
Buckden Towers formerly known as Buckden Palace as in the title of this engraving, was a moated brick palace built in the 15th.c replacing a 12th c. timber palace. Little more than the tower remains today.
Hand coloured. Text description below and verso.