An Original Engraving by Johannes Kip of Grimsthorp in the County of Lincoln

An original engraving by Johannes (Jan) Kip  (1653-1722) of Grimsthorp Castle in the County of Lincoln, the seat of the Rt Hon Robert Earl of Lindsey, Lord Great Chamberlin of England, after the drawing 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. These prints 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.

Grimsthorp Castle was the final architectual masterpiece of Sir John Vanbrugh.

Johannes Kip (1653-1722) was a Dutch draftsman, engraver and print dealer who settled in England at the end of the 17th 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.

It is handcoloured and mounted and presented in a ridged frame handpainted in Little Greene's Obsidian Green.

Framed: 40 x 72.5 cm