Newstead Abbey
near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
"Newstead Abbey, one of the finest specimens in existence of those quaint and romantic
piles, half castle, half ornament, which remain as monuments of the olden times, is
situated about five miles from Mansfield and nine miles north of Nottingham.
Originally a Friary of Black Canons, at the dissolution of the monasteries it was
granted to Sir John Byron, Lieutenant of Sherwood Forest. After the murder of King
Charles the First it was confiscated by the Puritans, but was restored by Charles the Second
to Lord Byron, who, in reward of his loyalty to the throne, had been raised to the Peerage.
It continued in that family till the year 1815, when it was sold to Colonel Wildman,
and afterwards to Frederick Webb."
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Bonded onto a rigid card support, with a conservation grade wash-lined mount.
With a conservation grade wash-lined mount, framed in a dark walnut and gold frame.