HORNBY CASTLE, YORKSHIRE.

     Hornby Castle is situated a few miles from Northallerton, in the North Riding of Yorkshire: it stands in the midst of a range of lofty hills, and overlooks a wide and fertile valley, well wooded in many parts. It is the seat of the Duke of Leeds, and is a large and stately edifice, some portions of which are said to date as far back as the Conquest, but the general aspect of the building is comparatively modern. The apartments are grand in their dimensions are superb in their decorations and furniture: some of them contain numerous paintings, more or less valuable. The castle itself is a very conspicuous and picturesque object amidst the surrounding scenery.

    Turner’s drawing, from which the engraving is taken, had for its title ‘Hornby Castle from Tatham Church,’ but, strange to say, we have been unable to find such a place as Tatham in any book on Yorkshire to which we have access, nor is it mentioned in the official postal guide; and yet there appears a small church under the hill to the right of the print, but the sketch clearly was not made from the point. The drawing contains very much of Turner’s excellence, with some evidence of his eccentricity, as, for example, the cat lapping up the milk spilt in the road, which one might naturally suppose would be immediately absorbed by the earth: and, again, it is difficult to perceive how the lofty bridge which spans the stream is to be approached on the left side of the composition, where the road appears to be very far below it, without any space for a sloping access. But setting aside these little points, which are certainly open to critical remarks, this view of Hornby Castle and the adjacent country forms an interesting landscape.

IMPORTANT TO NOTE

Antique prints, etchings, engravings, and lithographs are printing processes which use steel, copper, stone or wood blocks or plates to produce a picture on paper.

Most antique prints and engravings, which are seen on the internet today, are bookplates.  Because they are pages from a book, there are multiple copies in existence.  This does not, however, mean that they are "reproductions" that have been printed recently.  Because they were, at some point, part of books, some have been preserved in excellent condition, while others show signs of age, as yellow spots or darkness on the edge of the page from being handled.

Engravings, lithographs, ect. are high quality pieces of art, as it took a highly trained artist many hours of work to produce one.  Although there may be multiple copies still in existence, the date of the item should be stated in the auction, thus giving the buyer an idea of it's age.

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