[Framed Hand-Colored Architectural Engraving] The Elevation of High Meadow in Gloucestershire. The Seat of Thomas Gage Esq. To whom this Plate is most humbly Inscrib'd. Elevation de la Maison de Monsieur Gage

1717. Near Fine. A beautiful architectural copper engraved print, early 18th Century, of a 17th Century country estate house, and in a most attractive polished burl wood veneer frame. From the magisterial architectural survey "Vitruvius Britannicus", its first series, volume 2, first edition. The hand-coloring is later, but in our view is very sympathetic to the print and enhances its appeal significantly, giving it also a painterly panache. Visible under glass, the print is 26.5 by 40 cm. With frame and matting, 37.5 by 51 cm. High Meadow mansion was built around 1670 by the Hall family. At the time the print was created it belonged to the young Thomas Gage, who was to become the first Viscount Gage. He was the father of the first British commander during the Revolutionary War. The mansion was razed in 1805. Light trivial soiling on the print. The modern maple burl wood frame is missing corner rosettes but these aren't indispensable and their lack isn't so obvious. Otherwise, the frame is in Fine condition.