Antique Goadby Cashiobury Moor Park Hertfordshire Engraving Framed c.1773

An antique engraved view showing two great Hertfordshire country seats on a single plate: "Cashiobury" (upper view) and "Moor Park" (lower view).

Published in Robert Goadby's "A New Display of the Beauties of England", London, c.1773-1776. The full title of the publication reads: "A New Display of the Beauties of England, or a description of the most elegant or magnificent public edifices, royal palaces, noblemen's and gentlemen's seats, and other curiosities, natural or artificial in different parts of the kingdom: adorned with a variety of copper-plate cuts, neatly engraved."

The plate is presented in a fine gilt-banded mount with a plain gilt moulded frame. Hand-coloured.

Historical significance: Cashiobury House (or Cassiobury Park) near Watford was the principal seat of the Earls of Essex from the 17th century until its demolition in 1922 — pre-demolition views of the original house are of particular interest to Hertfordshire and Watford historians. Moor Park, Rickmansworth, was created in the 1720s for Benjamin Styles (who made his fortune in the South Sea Bubble) and remodelled by Capability Brown in the 1750s; it survives today as one of the most prestigious golf clubs in England.

Frame and glazing in good condition; the print itself with toning and age commensurate with c.250 years.

Dimensions: Framed approximately 29 x 33 cm.

From a private UK collection. Carefully packed and dispatched via insured tracked service.