Stoke Gifford The Seat of John Berkeley Esq.

Date1712

Designed and engraved by Johannes (Jan) Kip (1653 - 1722)

MediumEtching with line engraving

DimensionsOverall: 21 5/8 × 25in. (54.9 × 63.5cm)

Credit LineGift of Byron Little, Esq.

Object number1956-239

DescriptionUpper right corner reads: "47"
TItle reads: "Stoke Gifford The Seat of John Berkeley Esq."
Lower margin reads: "I. Kip Deli. et Sculp."
Label TextThis landscape view of John Berkley's Castle known as Stoke Park in Stoke, Gifford in Gloucestershire, England. The main and out-buildings are shown surrounded by a wall. The building sets on a hill surrounded by garden and forests. the seal, presumably family, appears at the top center of the print.

Johannes (Jan) Kip was a Dutch draftsmen, engraver, publisher, and printseller who is most famous for his birds-eye topographical views of English country estates and landscapes. This print was published in "Britania Illustrata" which was finished in 1707 and published in 1708, however Kip republished these plates in many other editions until his death in 1721. He collaborated with the Dutch artist Leonard Knyff (1650-1721) who produced many of the original designs for the works, though Kip also designed and engraved many of the plates.