Burghley House, in Northamptonshire, the Seat of the Earl of Exeter
Information
Title
Burghley House, in Northamptonshire, the Seat of the Earl of Exeter
Record type
Digitised Book Plate Collection
Original Reference
BP/4841-1001/9
Author or creator
Watts; William (1752-1851); engraver
Date
c.1779
Scope & content
Black and white engraved plate depicting Burghley-House [Lincolnshire], with trees, grazing cows and deer in the foreground. Figures can be seen by the lake. The house was conceived by William Cecil, Lord High Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth I, between 1555 and 1587. The gardens were landscaped by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown at the behest of the 9th Earl, who had inherited in 1754. The book plate bears the imprints 'Published as the Act directs Sepr 1st. 1780, by W.Watts, Kemp's Row, Chelsea', 'A.Devis del' and 'W.Watts sculp'. From the book 'The seats of the nobility and gentry' by William Watts