Il castello di Rochester nel Kent in Inghilterra, una fortezza normanna iniziata alla fine del 1000 e con una torre di pietra di roccia di Kentish costruita intorno al 1127. Incisione Copperplate di Richard Godfrey (1728 - 1795), da un disegno di Francis Grose (1731 - 1791), pubblicata nel 1784 in The Antiquities of England and Wales di Grose.
7000 x 5247 px | 59,3 x 44,4 cm | 23,3 x 17,5 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
19 febbraio 2024
Ubicazione:
Rochester Castle, Kent, England, UK
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Rochester Castle, Kent, England. Copperplate engraving first published in ‘The Antiquities of England and Wales’ by Francis Grose (1731 - 1791) and later coloured by hand. Engraved by Richard Godfrey (1728 - 1795), from a drawing by Francis Grose. ‘The Antiquities’ was published in London by Samuel Hooper 1772 - 1787. This engraving has the inscription ‘Pub 25 Augt 1784 by S. Hooper’. There are at least two versions of this image, with some omitting the two figures in the foreground picked out in red and blue, two gentlemen in tricorn hats and frock coats. Rochester Castle is a Norman fortress guarding an important crossing of the River Medway. In 1087, Gundulf, Bishop of Rochester and one of William the Conqueror’s greatest architects, began the castle’s construction and in 1127 King Henry I granted William of Corbeil, Archbishop of Canterbury and an important contributor to the castle’s construction, custody of the property. The castle’s Norman tower-keep of Kentish ragstone was built about 1127 by William of Corbeil. After an epic siege by King John in 1215, the castle was rebuilt under Henry III and Edward I and remained a viable fortress until the 1500s. Francis Grose was an English antiquary and draughtsman who aimed to make the past more intelligible to non-specialists. Grose’s ‘Antiquities’ was a vast, abundantly illustrated project and its full title was: ‘The Antiquities of England and Wales; Being a Collection of Views of the Most remarkable Ruins and antient (sic) Buildings, Accurately drawn on the spot. To each view is added An Historical Account of its Situation, when & by whom built, with every interesting Circumstance relating thereto. Collected from the best authorities.’ Richard Bernard Godfrey was a topographical watercolourist and printmaker who produced illustrations for Grose’s ‘Antiquities’ and for the ‘Antiquarian Repertory’ (1775 - 1786) of which he was publisher and editor. D1401.B8668
