A View in Crumford near Matlock Bath in Derbyshire

by John Boydell

$650 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A striking view from Boydell's series of plates Collection of One Hundred Views in England and Wales. Towards the middle of the eighteenth century, a trend developed among English artists and printmakers who sought to record visually the natural beauty of England and Wales. Sparked by a sense of national confidence and patriotism, English printmakers began to publish topographical prints of the important sights in the British Isles. In addition to being a visual record of

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