Drawings MORETON CORBET (Shropshire): Moreton Corbet Castle
Object number
LDSAL2020.24.21
Artist/Designer/Maker
Fisher, Thomas - Artist
Production date
Circa 1807
Material
paper
pen
ink
Wash
pen
ink
Wash
Technique
Drawing
Dimensions
Height: 335mm
Width: 535mm
Width: 535mm
Inscriptions
Inscription content
Morton [sic] Corbet Castle, Shropshire.
Parts of the third or Upper Story.
chiefly taken from the Book of Drawings in the possession of Mr Corbet of Acton Reynold
Parts of the third or Upper Story.
chiefly taken from the Book of Drawings in the possession of Mr Corbet of Acton Reynold
Inscription content
Window on the West-side.
Section of the third Story
Figure on a pedestal at the South east Corner
Figure on a pedestal at the South west Corner
Finale
Chimneys
Section of the third Story
Figure on a pedestal at the South east Corner
Figure on a pedestal at the South west Corner
Finale
Chimneys
Inscription content
Battlements
In the Angles.
In the Angles.
Inscription content
Three Heads in the south Front over the uppermost Window.
Over one of the Ionic pillars at the east end of the Front.
Over one of the Ionic pillars at the east end of the Front.
References
Reference (free text)
F Stackhouse Acton, The Castles & Old Mansions of Shropshire (Shrewsbury: Leake and Evans, 1868), pp. 36-7.