2-329-544 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, home of the Duke of Bedford, c1880. The seat of the Russell family, Earls and later Dukes of Bedford, since 1547, Woburn Abbey was largely rebuilt from the mid 18th century by Henry Flitcroft and Henry Holland. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, edited by Reverend FO Morris, Volume II, William Mackenzie, London, c1880. Wood-engraved plates after paintings by Benjamin Fawcett and Alexander Francis Lydon.