Ogmore Castle, Glamorganshire
Samuel Hooper ( - 1793)
Richard Bernard Godfrey (1728 - after 1794)
Engraving
published 2 January 1776-
About the work
- Location
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Country: Belarus
City: Minsk
Place: British Embassy
This page, illustrated with a view of the ruins of Ogmore Castle in Wales, is from volume four of The Antiquities of England and Wales, written by antiquary Francis Grose (c.1731–1791). The small engravings of historical sites which illustrate Grose’s text have been described as ‘similar in character’ to works by Samuel Buck (1696–1779), who documented historical sites in England some 50 years earlier, between 1724 and 1725, and produced engravings with the help of his brother Nathaniel (died 1753–59).The first part of Grose’s Antiquities appeared in 1772 and the last part in 1787. It was published by the bookseller and publisher Samuel Hooper. According to the text beneath the image, this illustration of Ogmore Castle was engraved after a drawing by Hooper. -
About the artist
Little is known of the bookseller and publisher Samuel Hooper, the artist of this work and landlord of Francis Grose at the time the work was published. Hooper tried several professions. He was working as a linen draper when he went bankrupt in 1777 and in November 1778 he is described as ‘Samuel Hooper, of Ludgate-hill, London, Bookseller, Dealer and Chapman’, when notice is again given of his subsequent bankruptcy in the ‘London Gazette’.
Richard Bernard Godfrey, draughtsman and printmaker, was probably born in London. Little is known of his early life. He exhibited at the Society of Artists from 1765 to 1770. The majority of his works were book illustrations for London publishers, in particular topographical and antiquarian illustrations. His best-known works are for Francis Grose's ‘Antiquities of England and Wales’ (published 1772-87) and for the periodical ‘Antiquarian Repertory’ (published 1775-86), for which Godfrey was also the publisher and editor. He also worked for private individuals, including the author, politician, and patron of the arts Horace Walpole (1717-1797).
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Explore
- Places
- Wales, Ogmore Castle, Vale of Glamorgan
- Subjects
- horseback, topography, text-based work, horse, man, castle, ruin
- Materials & Techniques
- engraving
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Details
- Title
- Ogmore Castle, Glamorganshire
- Date
- published 2 January 1776
- Medium
- Engraving
- Acquisition
- Purchased from F B Daniell, October 1951
- Provenance
- With F. B. Daniell; from whom purchased by the Ministry of Works in October 1951
- GAC number
- 1378