Mount Clare in Surry, the Seat of Sir John Dick Bart
Information
Title
Mount Clare in Surry, the Seat of Sir John Dick Bart
Record type
Digitised Book Plate Collection
Original Reference
BP/4841-1001/14
Author or creator
Watts; William (1752-1851); engraver
Date
c.1779
Scope & content
Black and white engraved plate depicting Mount Clare in Surrey, with the house in the background and two figures with nearby grazing sheep in the foreground. A carriage can be seen in the middleground. The gardens were landscaped by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown. The book plate bears the imprints 'Publish'd as the Act directs June 1st. 1784 by W.Watts, Chelsea', 'G. Robertson, del' and 'W.Watts sculp'. From the book 'The seats of the nobility and gentry' by William Watts