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The ruined abbeys of Yorkshire

Lefroy, William, 1836-1900 · 1883 · London, Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday · 48 pictures

An 1883 antiquarian account of Yorkshire's monastic ruins by William Lefroy, published in London by Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday for Victorian readers of church history and travel. The 48 pen-and-ink plates show Gothic arcades, roofless naves, towers and doorways overgrown with ivy and framed by trees, offering hatched line textures, arch tracery and architectural silhouettes for reuse.

Abbeys

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