An album of illustrations by various artists, probably compiled by a member of the Mordaunt family. The album contains views of coastlines and ports including Port Eliot, home of Mordaunt friends the Eliots of Port Eliot, in the Parish of St. Germans,...
Description:
Charles Mordaunt (1771-1823), 8th Baronet, was a member of Parliament representing the constituency of Warwickshire. A Catholic and Whig, he married Marianne, daughter of William Holbech of Farnborough Hall, Warwickshire in 1807; the couple lived at W...
A design by Bentley of a landscape with a large house on a hill (left) high above the shore on a stormy night with waves and and trees blown by heavy winds. Lightning from the right stretches across the sky, striking the house. In the light showing b...