The West View of Lilleshul Priory, in the county of Salop
Samuel Buck, English, 1696 - 1779
Nathaniel Buck, English, active 1724 - 1759
1731
Engraving on laid paper
Plate: 7 5/8 × 14 3/4 in. (19.4 × 37.5 cm)
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 18 1/8 in. (27.7 × 46 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
PR.955.2.7
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Titled, in plate, upper center: THE WEST VIEW OF LILLESHUL PRIORY, IN THE COUNTY OF SALOP.; inscribed, in plate, lower left margin: To the Right Honourable JOHN LEVENSON GOWER, Lord / Gower, Baron of Stittenham in the County of York, and Baronet. / Proprietor of these Remains. / This Prospect is humbly Inscrib'd, by, / My Lord / Y.r [r in superscript] Lordships most Obedient Serv.ts [ts in superscript] / Sam.l [l in superscript] & Nat.l [l in superscript] Buck.; inscribed, in plate, lower center margin: [crest: arms of John Levenson Gower with motto] FRANGAS NON ELECTES; inscribed, in plate, lower right margin: LILLESHULL or LILLESHAL PRIORY. Here was once a Church built as is suppos'd by Adelfleda / a Queen of ye [e in superscript] Morcians & dedicated for S.t [t in superscript] Alcmono a progenitor of ye [e in superscript] Family whence King Edgar / proceeded, which last nam'd endow'd it with ten Prebends & enlarged it. In K. Stephens Reign Richard / Beaunmeys (or Belmeis) Dean of it did by ye [e in superscript] Kings consent & authority of ye [e in superscrpt] Pope give it to Canons regular / of S.t [t in superscript] Austin who came from S.t [t in superscript] Peters Dorchester & the Monastery was then founded about the Year / 1140 to ye [e in superscript] honour of S.t [t in superscript] Mary ever Virgin. Among ye [e in superscript] principale Benefactors we find Hillaria de Trussebut / & Alan deLouche, who was Patron of it: but by his Daughter it came to ye [e in superscript] Family de Holland. The Laurel / Leaves in the Hands of ye [e in superscript] two Statues upon ye [e in superscript] Gothick Columns at ye [e in superscript] Gate Shew it to have been long in / ye [e in superscript] Hon.ble [ble in superscript] Family of Levenson: which became at length united by marriage with the Noble Family of / Gower, who now possess it. / Annual Val. 229.L 3.S 1.d Dugd / 327.L 10.S 0.d Speed / S. & N. Buck delin et Sculp.t [t in superscript] 1721.; inscribed, in plate, lower right: 249
Exhibition History
Architecture and Memory in Europe, Harrington Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 15, 2022-February 11, 2024.
Provenance
Professor & Mrs. Churchill Pierce Lathrop (Dolly), Hanover, New Hampshire; sold to present collection, 1955.
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