Live Auction 5696The Collection of the Late John Appleby: A Channel Island Treasure House
Thomas Hearne, F.S.A. (Brinkworth 1744-1817 London)
Lot 144

Thomas Hearne, F.S.A. (Brinkworth 1744-1817 London)

View of Appleby Castle, Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria, with elegant figures in the foreground

Closed4 November 2010

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GBP 3,000

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Thomas Hearne, F.S.A. (Brinkworth 1744-1817 London)
View of Appleby Castle, Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria, with elegant figures in the foreground
signed 'Hearne' (lower centre)
pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour, on paper, unframed
6 x 8¾ in. (15.2 x 22.3 cm.)

Specialist note

Standing proudly above the River Eden in Appleby, Cumbria, Appleby Castle dates back to the 12th century. Originally given by the crown to the Vipont family in 1203, it passed into the ownership of the Clifford family and then to the Earls of Thanet.