Coote

Dudley Priory and Evesham Abbey, two ruined religious houses in Worcestershire, are the only subjects of the engravings cred...

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Dudley Priory and Evesham Abbey, two ruined religious houses in Worcestershire, are the only subjects of the engravings credited to Coote. They reflect the eighteenth-century taste for picturesque antiquities, showing Dudley’s broken walls and window openings and, at Evesham, a richly moulded Gothic archway with deeply recessed stonework. Small figures, dogs and vegetation give the masonry scale. The Evesham plate names M. Coote, and related impressions link the Dudley designs with illustrated surveys of England and Wales.

Dudley Priory and Evesham Abbey, two ruined religious houses in Worcestershire, are the only subjects of the engravings credited to Coote. They reflect the eighteenth-century taste for picturesque antiquities, showing Dudley’s broken walls and window openings and, at Evesham, a richly moulded Gothic archway with deeply recessed stonework. Small figures, dogs and vegetation give the masonry scale. The Evesham plate names M. Coote, and related impressions link the Dudley designs with illustrated surveys of England and Wales.

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