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 ORME, William
Newport Castle, Monmouthshire
London: Published by Orme, 1806. Hand-coloured aquatint engraving, printed on wove paper. Very good condition apart from some overall light soiling and minor foxing in the top margin. Image size (including text): 13 1/8 x 17 3/4 inches. Sheet size: 16 x 21 1/2 inches.
A picturesque view of the remains of the historic Newport Castle on the banks of the River Usk in southeast Wales. The medieval sandstone castle was most likely erected by Hugh d'Audele in 1327-1386 and underwent extensive renovation during the fifteenth century at the behest of Humphrey Stafford, first duke of Buckingham. This stunning plate pictures the castle's two octagonal towers flanking the prominent central tower with its built-in water gate or dock just visible at its base.
William Orme was a talented landscape painter, who exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1797 and 1819. He contributed several plates to topographical publications including J. Walker's The Itinerant (1799) and Francis William Blagdon's A Brief History of Ancient and Modern India (1806).
Cf. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, vol. 10, p. 408.
#13469 $1,200.00  
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