Leeds Castle, Kent, England

Leeds Castle, Kent, England. Medieval castle renovated in the Tudor style in 1823. Home of Robert Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, owner of 30 plantations in Virginia with several 100 enslaved labor, and later Charles Wykeham-Martin, MP. Colour woodblock by Benjamin Fawcett in the Baxter process of an illustration by Alexander Francis Lydon from Reverend Francis Orpen Morris's Picturesque Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, William Mackenzie, London, 1880

Alexander Francis Lydon Baxter Process Benjamin Fawcett Colour Woodblock Enslaved Georgian Era Great Britain Mansion House Medieval Castle Pile Plantation Privilege Regency Era Renovated Reverend Francis Orpen Morris Slave Owner Slave Trade Stately Home William Mackenzie

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