Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire, England

Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire, England. Medieval Augustinian priory granted to Sir John Byron by King Henry VIII at the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Formerly the home of poet George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron. Bought in 1818 by Thomas Wildman, owner of 241 enslaved persons in Jamaica. 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 Jamaica King Henry Viii Nottinghamshire Plantation Reverend Francis Orpen Morris Slave Trade Status Wealth

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