Edystone Light-House, this draught was made & engraven by Henry Winstanley of Littlebury [graphic].

[London], [circa 1700]

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England -- Littlebury.

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Purchase made possible by The James B. Sitrick Acquisitions Endowment Fund. From dealer's description: "Eddystone Lighthouse. Winstanley (Henry), Edystone Light-House, This draught was made & engraven by Henry Winstanley of Littlebury, Gent. and is sold at his Waterworks; where also is to be seen at any time ye Modle of ye said Building & principal Roomes for six pence a peice, circa 1700, large uncoloured engraving on three conjoined sheets, old folds, occasional short closed tears along old folds, 990 x 690 mm This first incarnation of the Eddystone ligthhouse was designed by Henry Winstanley (1644-1703) in 1696 and completed in 1699. It was a timber building and the first to be built on the Eddystone Rocks. The rocks were a major hazard to shipping and are some nine miles off Rame Head at the approach to Plymouth Sound. Winstanley - a successful businessman and ship owner - had lost two ships on the Eddystone and this undoubtedly encouraged him to find a solution. A violent storm on the night of 26 November 1703 destroyed the lighthouse, killing the light-keepers, the workmen and Winstanley himself. It was replaced in 1709 by an oak and iron lighthouse designed by John Rudyerd, which survived until 1755 when was destroyed in a fire. The third attempt, also known as Smeaton's Tower stood until 1877 and its upper portion now stands on Plymouth Hoe as a monument. The current, fourth, lighthouse was designed by James Douglas, using Robert Stevenson's developments of Smeaton's techniques and opened in 1882." Ordered from: Christopher Edwards, D9442, 2021-02-10, purchased at Dominic Winter Auctioneers: 'Travel, Maps & Topographical Views, Antiquarian Literature, Cookery & Science, 20th January 2021, Lot #258.

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