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S.T WINEFRIDS WELL usually called HOLY WELL near Flint in North Wales
Print 1954-1095

S.T WINEFRIDS WELL usually called HOLY WELL near Flint in North Wales

Date1750-1760
Artist/Maker
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white line engraving and etching with hand color
DimensionsPLate: OH: 10" x OW: 16 1/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1954-1095
DescriptionUpper margin: "98"
Lower margin: "S.T WINEFRIDS WELL usually called HOLY WELL near Flint in North Wales./ A Fountain of great Antiquity and celebrated to the memory of S.t Winefid a Christian Virgin whose purity being dearer to her than life sub/mitted to be behaded near this place rather than yield to the Lust of Caradock an Heathen Prince. A neat Chappel is built ober the head of the/ Spring and the Water gushes out with so rapid a Stream as to turn a Mill within a few Yards./ La FONTAINE de S.TE WINEFRIDE, connue sous le Nom de la SAINTE FONTAINE/ pres de la Ville de Flint dans le Nord de la principaule de Galles./ Cette Fountaine remarquable par son Ancienneté est Celébrée en Mémoire de S.t Winefride Vierge Chrétienne qui preferant Sa Chastete a la Conservation de/ ses jours aim'a mieux joussrir d'y avoir La Téte tranchée que de se rendre aux desirs de Caradock Prince Payen On a élevé une joilie Chapelle à ala source méme/ de la fontaine et l'eau en sort avec un courant si rapide qu'elle fait aller un moulin a quel ques Toises plus Bas./ London. Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller at y.e Golden Buck in Fleet Street"Mark(s)Plate #98. London, Printed for Robt Sayer Map & Printseller at ye Golden Buck in Fleet Street.ProvenanceBefore 1954, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1954-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).