Antiquities of Great-Britain : illustrated in views of monasteries, castles, and churches, now existing
Antiquities of Great-Britain is a 1786 London collection of engraved topographical views of monasteries, castles and churches, made by the draughtsman Thomas Hearne and the engraver William Byrne and published by them with James Phillips for an antiquarian and print-collecting public. Its plates show ruined abbeys and castles in soft grey wash or crisp line, with trees, ruined arches, and small figures placed in the foreground, giving a designer ready models of picturesque ruin composition and scale.
