Stevenstone Park, Devon, England

Stevenstone Park, Devon, England. Victorian manor house built by Charles Barry in 1872 for Mark Rolle, with Palladian library (left) built by Sir John Rolle in the 18th century. John Rolle, MP for Devon, owned 377 enslaved people in the Bahamas. 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

18th Century Alexander Francis Lydon Bahamas Baxter Process Benjamin Fawcett Colour Woodblock Enslaved People Great Britain Mansion House Pile Privilege Reverend Francis Orpen Morris Slave Owner Slave Trade Stately Home William Mackenzie

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