View of Penshurst,'Penshurst the Seat of the Right Honourable John Earl of Leicester,Viscount Lisle,Baron Sidney of Penshurst,and one of ye Lds. of his Majesties Bedchamber'. Penshurst Place,a medieval manor house,constructed in 1341 for John de Pulteney. From 1552,owned by the Sidney family. Image taken from Thirty Six Different Views of Noblemen and Gentlemen's Seats,in the county of Kent,all designed upon the spot,by the late T. Badeslade and engraved by the best hands. Originally published in H. Chapelle: London,1750?. Author Thomas Badeslade,Illustrated by J Kip |