A Set of Six Original Hand-coloured Engravings by Johannes (Jan) Kip after Drawings by L. Knyff of Principal Seats of the Nobility

A set of six hand-coloured original engravings by Johannes (Jan) Kip (1653-1722) after drawings by L. Knyff for 'Britannia Illustrata or Views of Several of the Queens Palaces as also of the Principal Seats of the Nobility and Gentry of Great Britain' David Mortier and Daniel Midwinter, London, c.1709.  They are early English examples of the Bird's-eye form or 3 dimensional perspectives drawn from above.  The result is a cross between a landscape view and a map.

Johannes Kip (1653-1722) was a Dutch draftsman, engraver and print dealer who settled in England at the end of the17th century. He was associated with the court of William of Orange and moved to London shortly after William landed in England with his forces in 1688 to claim the English crown.

They are presented in ridged frames handpainted in Little Greene's Obsidian Green. 

Fairlawn in the County of Kent, the seat of the Rt Hon Lord Barnard.

Grimsthorp Castle, the final architectural masterpiece of Sir John Vanbrugh in the County of Lincoln, the seat of the Rt Hon Robert Earl of Lindsey, Lord Great Chamberlin of England.

Wrest House and Park in the County of Bedford, the seat of the Rt Hon Henry Earl of Kent and an exceptional rarity – a magnificent house of the 1830s, set in an outstanding restored garden landscape originating in the 17th century.

Coley House, near Reading, Berkshire, a Tudor manor house, the seat of Tanfield Vachell Esq, built during the reign of Queen Mary I by the staunchly Catholic Vachell family.

Whixley in West Riding Yorkshire, seat of Christopher Tancred Esq.

Haughton in the County of Nottinghamshire, one of the seats of Prince John Duke of Newcastle.

Framed: 40 x 72.5 cm

The price is for the set, but they are available individually for £750.