Birds Eye View Etchings of Chatsworth and Lowther, English Estates, by Johannes Kip (Dutch, 1652-1722)

Set of two hand colored engravings depicting the stunning bird’s eye topographical views of significant English buildings and the estate grounds surrounding them. The views are important records of both architecture and formal garden design of the period. One, the Chatsworth House, a stately home in the Derbyshire Dales, west of Chesterfield, England. The seat of the Duke of Devonshire, it has belonged to the Cavendish family since 1549. And, the second piece, Lowther Castle is a country house in the historic county of Westmorland, which now under the current unitary authority of Westmorland and Furness, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England . The estate has belonged to the Lowther family, latterly the Earls of Lonsdale, since the Middle Ages. Black frame with gilding. Frame: 16" x 16". Good condition, with minor scuff on frame.