Warkworth Castle, Northumberland

Warkworth Castle, Northumberland

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Thomas Hearne (1744-1817)
Warkworth Castle, Northumberland

Grey washes over pencil on laid paper
18.4 by 26.7 cm., 7 ¼ by 10 ½ in.

Provenance:
With J. Leger & Son, London
This and no. 6 originated from Hearne's tour of the North of England in the summer of 1777 in the company of Sir George Beaumont. Alnwick and Warkworth Castles were the two principal castles of the Percy family in Northumberland.