Rare print St factory Peters Church Brampford Speke Devonshire 1842 picturesque view by William Spreat a scarce collectors print

Rare original Antique Lithotint on India Paper "Brampford Speke Church" St Peters Church Brampford Speke Devonshire by William Spreat from Spreat's Churches of Devon. Drawn from Nature and on stone by William Spreat. Printed by C Hullmandel c1842.
Some light fox spot staining to surrounding margin, engraved image remains good
Approx Reduced Sheet Size: 11" x 9.5" (28cm x 24cm) Suitable for Mount & Framing

William Spreat (1816-1897) was a British painter, engraver, lithographer, and publisher, active in Exeter in Devon, England in 1840s-1860s. The 1840s saw a renewed interest in historic buildings, particularly churches, and as a result many smaller communities were now represented in published images.

William Spreat's Picturesque sketches of the churches of Devon published with descriptive letterpress in 18 parts by factory the artist in Exeter was completed in 1842. It contained a lithograph title vignette and 74 other lithographs or lithotints by Spreat.

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