Blenheim House

Date1745

Artist/Maker Fourdrinier

Artist/Maker John Bowles 1701 - 1779

Artist/Maker John Maurer fl. 1713 - 1761

OriginEngland, London

MediumBlack and white line engraving and etching with period color

DimensionsOH: 9 5/8" x OW: 16"; plate: H: 9 3/8" X W: 15 5/8" (trimmed to the margins)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1932-108

DescriptionLower margin: "Maurer delin./ Published according to Act of Parliament 18 June, 1745/ Fourdriniers Sculp./ Blenheim House./ Erected at the Publick Expence in Commemoration of the Victory at Blenheim, and/ setled on the Great Duke of Marlborough and his Descendents for ever/ Le Chateau de Blenheim/ Erigé au depense Public en Commemoration de la Victoire a Blenheim,/ et constitué syr k'auguste Duc de Marlborough et ses Heritiers a jamais./ Printed for John Bowles at y.e Black Horse, Cornhill"ProvenanceBefore 1932, Robert Fridenberg (New York, NY); 1932-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).