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IRELAND Cavan Lord Farnham House c1870s Color Print " FO Morris antique prints colored engravings circa 1870s ANTIQUE COLOR PRINT Title: FARNHAM HOUSE Approximate Image Size: 5 X 7 1/2 inches Approximate Overall Size: 8 X 10 1/2 inches Brilliant color print. Printed and engraved by by B. Fawcett, Driffield. This beautiful attractive colour plate originates from and is one of a Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of The Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britian and Ireland as presented by F. O. Morris. A greater proportion of the drawings which originated from the publication were by Alexander F. Lydon, and printed from coloured wood-blocks using the Baxter process by Benjamin Fawcett. Published by William Mackenzie, Ludgate Hill, Edinburgh and Dublin CONDITION: Very Good Condition. The colors are brilliant, rich and bright. Reverse side is blank and printed on heavier quality paper. Excerpt from the old descriptive: The deer park contains three hundred head of deer. The woods are planted with fine beech trees, said to be the first planted in Ireland: and one of them, Derigid Wood, dating from 1642, is said to be the finest oak wood in that kingdom. - The estate was granted by King James I. to Sir Richard Waldron, of Leicestershire, who married Miss Farnham of the same county, and gave her name to the property, and it was purchased shortly after 1641 by Robert maxwell, Bishop of Kilmore, lineal ancestor of the present Lord Farnham, and the immediate successor of the celebrated Bishop Bedell. - The family of Lord Farnham derives from the second son of Sir John Maxwell, of Calderwood, in Scotland, who went over to Ireland in the interest of King James VI. of that kingdom. His Lordship is also thirteenth in descent from King Henry VII., through the houses of Brandon, Seymour, Boyle, and Butler. The circa 1870s descriptive, which covers some genealogy information and wonderful history of Farnham House will be We do have more than 1 in stock of some of these so the image shown may be a stock photo, so please do contact us with any concerns about condition. We will also let you know if there's any major defect before shipping. ALSO AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD AT HIGH DPI RESOLUTION, PLEASE EMAIL FOR INFO. . N° de ref. del artículo 6032
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