Publisher/Manufacturer: Samuel and Nathaniel Buck 1734 Engraving in black on white wove paper
308 x 800 mm. Loan: John Challinor 1988
Inscription reads "THIS City was at first on a Hill, near a Mile from where it now Stands, which bears still the Name of Old Salisbury or Old Sarum; but Anciently known to the Romans by the Name Sorbiodunum; It being one of their Stations & continued for many Ages a strong fortify'd Place THere is now scarce any Remains of the Fortifications. The Bishop's Seat was remov'd from Sherborn to this place... [continued at length]"
Annotated topographical view of the city of Salisbury; foreground, a tree stump, open ground, railings / tenter frames and three figures and a dog on a path; middleground, trees, houses, a gate, a walled garden and a road with travellers on horseback, pedestrians, and horse pulling a coach; background, distant hills, fields, the river Avon and the city of Salisbury with a cathedral, a belfry, church towers, church spires, a country house, Bishops Palace, Trinity College and a workhouse. Extensive text on the lower margin explaining the city of Salisbury accompanied by a vignette of a shield. Annotated 1 to 24, St Martin's Church to London Road
