413 - W. WATTS (*1752) after BARRET (*1767), Cadland Park in Hampshire, 1780, Etching

W. WATTS (*1752) after BARRET (*1767), Cadland Park in Hampshire, 1780, Etching William Watts (1752 - 1851 ) after George Barret jun. (around 1767 - 1842 ): Cadland Park in Hampshire Cadland Park in Hampshire, country estate of Robert Drummond Esqr, 1780, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Impression Quality: Excellent, harmonious print. Date: 1780 Description: A widely framed view of a country house in a gently rolling park landscape. In the foreground, bushes, grasses and areas of earth are staggered in richly detailed engravings; tall, slender trees frame the scene on the left. A symmetrical, two-storey manor house with a central gable and chimneys stands on a hill in the centre right. Small walkers in front of the house enliven the scale. A body of water with a distant shoreline opens up behind the hill on the left. Delicate lines, dense hatching and graduated tonal values model the foliage, clouds and terrain. The composition combines topographical precision with a representative embedding of the architecture in idealized nature. Source: William Watts (1752 -1851 ) The seats of the nobility and gentry, in a collection of the most interesting and picturesque views, 1779 | Book, Architecture Keywords: Country house; Parkland; Manor house; Trees; Waters; Hills; Staffage figures; Topographical view; Architecture; Vegetation; Shore; Cloudy sky; English country estate; Landscape print; Engraving; Symmetry; Elevation; Distant view; 18th century; Classicism; Architecture; United Kingdom; Size: Paper: 20,4 cm x 26,0 cm (8 x 10,2 in), Plate: 15,7 cm x 20,2 cm (6,2 x 8 in), Depiction: 12,9 cm x 18,2 cm (5,1 x 7,2 in) Condition: Good condition. Slightly browned sheet with scattered, mainly marginal foxing and age spots; minor soiling to margins and usual traces of age in the wide margins. The corners of the sheet are slightly bumped and creased.