Vetusta Monumenta (Ancient Monuments) Volume V (5 / Five) Plates XLVII - L | Comprising Plate XLVII: Plan of the Ancient Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament / House of Commons / House of Lords). Notes and Remarks by the Late Mr. William Capon, to Accompany His Plan of the Ancient Palace of Westminster, Measured and Drawn Between 1793 and 1823; Plate XLVIII: The Obelisk at Forres, Morayshire, North Britain. Called Sueno's Stone North Face; Plate XLIX: The Obelisk at Forres, Morayshire, North Britain. Called Sueno's Stone South Face; Plate L: Observations on Several Ancient Swords of State Belonging to the Earldom of Chester, in a Letter From George Ormerod, Esq. Addressed to Henry Ellis, esq.

William Capon 1757-1827 Capon lived in Westminster for over thirty years. He shared the antiquarian interests of his friend and fellow architectural draughtsman John Carter (1748-1817) and both artists made extensive studies of the antiquities of the palace and abbey. Capon was one of the earliest of such draughtsmen to distinguish the architecture of various periods by representing them using different colours. His colour-coded ground plans of the Old Palace of Westminster and the substructure of the abbey are said to have occupied him for thirty years. The plan of the former was purchased by the Society of Antiquaries in 1826 for 120 guineas, and was engraved by James Basire (1796-1869) and published by the society in 1828. [James Whatman

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Vetusta Monumenta is the title of a published series of illustrated antiquarian papers on ancient buildings, sites, and artefacts, mostly those of Britain, published at irregular intervals between 1718 and 1906. Hand made wove paper 'J. Whatman, Turkey Mill, 1827' watermark. Light grey folding card covers with title in black to the front cover. Elephant folio 22½'' x 15¼''. Containing 3 single sheet plates, 1 double sheet plate (Palace of Westminster). 8 pages of text (Palace of Westminster), 4 pages of text (Swords of State Belonging to the Earldom of Chester) and 2 pages of text (The Obelisk at Forres, Morayshire, North Britain. Called Sueno's Stone). William Capon, an architect and scene painter known for his depictions of historic buildings, lived in Westminster and surveyed the Old Palace of Westminster between 1793 and 1823. This plan was purchased from him by the Society of Antiquaries in 1826 which had it engraved and published in 1828. Old water stains to the edges of the single plates, and to the centre and the edges of the double plate, and to the centre of the card covers, small tears to the edges of the plates. Member of the P.B.F.A. LONDON (Londinium).

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• Title: Vetusta Monumenta (Ancient Monuments) Volume V (5 / Five) Plates XLVII - L | Comprising Plate XLVII: Plan of the Ancient Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament / House of Commons / House of Lords). Notes and Remarks by the Late Mr. William Capon, to Accompany His Plan of the Ancient Palace of Westminster, Measured and Drawn Between 1793 and 1823; Plate XLVIII: The Obelisk at Forres, Morayshire, North Britain. Called Sueno's Stone North Face; Plate XLIX: The Obelisk at Forres, Morayshire, ...
• Publisher: Published by Society of Antiquaries of London 1828.
• Publication Date: 1828