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Castles & palaces

Castles, palaces, manor houses and country estates: Dutch castles and buitenplaatsen, English country houses, Swedish palaces from Suecia Antiqua, Versailles, Topkapi and the imperial palaces of Peking and Edo.

206 prints

Before 1700 23 1700 to 1789 54 1790 to 1849 38 1850 and after 58

Order: Price, high to lowOldest first Newest first Price, low to high

French Neoclassical Architecture Engravings Set, Château d’Écouen, 1803

$2,365

1803 · 62.6 × 46.7 cm

Rare 1852 Tinted Lithograph of Topkapi Palace Courtyard and Bosphorus, Istanbul

$1,825

1852 · 61.5 × 44.1 cm

Rare 1852 Tinted Lithograph of Topkapi Palace and the Bosphorus, Istanbul

$1,625

1852 · 61.5 × 44.1 cm

Antique Print of the Imperial Palace in Edo or Tokyo in Japan, c.1725

$1,295

1725 · 49 × 38.5 cm

Rare Heliograph of the Government House in Colonial Singapore, 1907

$1,070

1907 · 45 × 35 cm

The Castle of Stolzenfels on the Rhine, Large Chromolithograph, 1840

$1,060

1840 · 58.5 × 39.5 cm

Antique Architectural Elevation of Sandon Hall, Staffordshire in England, c.1770

$960

1770 · 77 × 57 cm

Victorian Country House Views, Harewood, Chatsworth, Windsor Castle, ca.1850

$900

1850 · 27.2 × 21.5 cm

Old Engraving of Foremarke Hall, a Manor House in Derbyshire, England, ca.1770

$820

1770 · 76.5 × 57 cm

Baroque Majesty: A Vibrant Assembly at Svartsjö Castle in Sweden, 1693

$790

1693 · 41 × 32.7 cm

Victorian Country House Lithographs– Garnstone, Knowsley, Eaton, Holme Lacy 1850

$790

1850 · 27.2 × 21.5 cm

Victorian Country House Views, Trentham, Wollaton, Inveraray, Fountains, c.1850

$775

1850 · 27.2 × 21.5 cm

Victorian Country House Views, Trentham, Burghley, Alton Towers, ca.1850

$730

1850 · 27.2 × 21.5 cm

Drottningholm Palace in Sweden: East and West Views by Dahlbergh, 1707

$655

1707 · 44.5 × 34.4 cm

Old Engraving of Chesterfield House, Westminster in London, Uk, ca.1770

$620

1770 · 69 × 54.5 cm

Pastoral Elegance: Ulrik Thersner's 1824 Aquatint of Djursholm Castle

$620

1824 · 54 × 40 cm

Baroque Splendor: The Östanå Manor in Gränna, 1692 Swidde Engraving

$585

1692 · 41 × 30.5 cm

Antique Print of the Inner Courtyard of the Castle at Batavia by Habermann

$565

Date not stated · 40.5 × 28.5 cm

Victorian Estate Views, Scone Palace, Witley Court, Glanusk Park, ca.1850

$560

1850 · 27.2 × 21.5 cm

Nicely Framed View of Muiden Castle, the Netherlands, 1858

$550

1858 · 31.4 × 27.5 cm

Antique Print of the Governor's House in Surabaya, Indonesia, 1835

$550

1835 · 49 × 34 cm

Print of the Soetendale Estate, Between Grijps and Serooskerke in Zeeland, 1696

$540

1696 · 36 × 32 cm

Old Handcolored Print of the Watervliet Estate in East Flanders, Belgium, 1696

$540

1696 · 37.5 × 31.5 cm

Old Print of the West-Souburg Estate, Vlissingen, in the Dutch Province Zeeland

$540

Date not stated · 36 × 32 cm

Baroque Splendor: Ericsberg Castle in Swidde's Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna, 1690

$540

1690 · 40.5 × 31.3 cm

Old Decorative Handcolored Engraving of the Molenbaix Estate in Belgium, 1696

$520

1696 · 38 × 32.5 cm

Antique Print of the Poppendam Estate, North of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1696

$520

1696 · 38.5 × 33 cm

The Castle of Batavia (Jakarta) in the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), 1726

$495

1726 · 39.8 × 32.3 cm

Baroque Opulence: The Eastern View of SIQVO Palace in Swidde's 1696 Engraving

$495

1696 · 50.7 × 33.5 cm

Batavia Castle and Parade Ground, Hand-Coloured Engraving by J.W. Heydt, 1738

$485

1738 · 36.2 × 31 cm

The Pastoral Elegance of Ulriksdal Castle by Herman Padtbrugge, ca.1685

$475

1685 · 43.4 × 32.2 cm

Antique Louvre Paris Colonnade Architectural Engraving, French Neoclassical 1803

$460

1803 · 62.6 × 46.7 cm

Antique Louvre Museum Entrance Engraving, Paris Architectural View, French, 1803

$445

1803 · 46.7 × 62.6 cm

Antique Print of the Oostkapelle Estate near Domburg, The Netherlands, 1696

$440

1696 · 36.5 × 32 cm

Antique Print of the Castle of Batavia or Nowadays Jakarta, Indonesia, 1726

$440

1726 · 33 × 39.5 cm

Baroque Dignity: Tessin Palace in Stockholm Captured by J. van den Aveelen, 1702

$430

1702 · 44.8 × 34.5 cm

Antique Print of Windsor Castle in England, 1783

$425

1783 · 60.5 × 48 cm

Rougemont Castle Exeter, Aquatint View, Jukes & Davey, 1794

$425

1794 · 37 × 27 cm

Antique Print of Abcoude Castle in the Netherlands, 1711

$405

1711 · 32.2 × 29.5 cm

Architectural Fragments of Écouen Castle, Engraving by Baltard, c.1800

$395

1800 · 58 × 43 cm

Villa Medici Rome, Seat of the French Academy, Antique Architectural Print 1869

$395

1869 · 50 × 34.7 cm

Antique English Landscape Etchings, Castle & Ruins, Sherlock, 1811

$390

1811 · 30 × 24.4 cm

Antique Print of the Imperial Palace in Peking by Nieuhof, 1668

$385

1668 · 37.5 × 31 cm

View of Dover Castle Atop the Cliffs in the Background, England, 1818

$370

1818 · 37.2 × 25.3 cm

Antique Print of Meerestein Castle in the Netherlands, circa 1730

$370

1730 · 28 × 42.5 cm

House on Ulietea, Raiatea, Society Islands, French Polynesia c.1803

$360

1803 · 47.5 × 29 cm

Engraving of Greystoke Castle, Penrith in the County of Cumbria, England, 1778

$360

1778 · 39 × 27.1 cm

Antique Print of the Castle of Batavia, Capital of the Dutch East Indies, 1726

$340

1726 · 41 × 33 cm

About castles & palaces

Castles, palaces and country houses were drawn for their owners and for the books that celebrated them: the Dutch estate albums of Stoopendaal and Smallegange, Dahlbergh's Suecia Antiqua for the King of Sweden, Georgian engraved elevations, and Victorian albums of the stately homes of England.

The room holds more than two hundred of them, from moated castles in Utrecht and Gelderland to Windsor and Warwick, the Rhine castles, Versailles and Topkapi, and the palaces of Peking and Edo as the first European visitors described them.

Explore

By place, by maker and by subject.

Places

Rome 68 Venice 18 Paris and France 71 London 35 Amsterdam 28 Dutch castles and estates 83 England, Scotland and Wales 46 Sweden and Denmark 17 Germany and Austria 20 Istanbul and the Ottoman world 21 Egypt 40 Jerusalem and the Holy Land 15 Indonesia and Batavia 31 China and Japan 23 The Americas 20

Makers and books

Montfaucon's Antiquity Explained 44 Racinet's ornament and interiors 147 Dolmetsch's Ornamentenschatz 31 Baltard's Louvre (1803) 22 Furniture designs: Sheraton to Kramer 88 Albertolli, Neufforge and the neoclassical pattern books 26 Benoist's Rome (1869) 15 Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna 8 Nash's Mansions of England 7

Subjects

Castles 100 Country houses and estates 57 Town halls and civic buildings 35 Bridges 32 Columns, obelisks and monuments 43 Temples and pagodas of Asia 14 Tombs and mausolea 38 Pulpits, altars and church furnishing 22 Staircases and great halls 14 Ceilings and frescoes 16 Tiles, mosaics and stained glass 22 Renaissance ornament 94 Medieval, Gothic and Celtic 56 Baroque and Rococo 84

Questions about castles & palaces

What is a buitenplaats?

A Dutch country estate, usually built by a wealthy Amsterdam or Utrecht merchant in the 1600s or 1700s along a river such as the Vecht or the Amstel. Engraved albums of them, by Stoopendaal and others, were published from 1719.

Are castle prints a good gift for an owner or a local?

Yes. Many prints here show a single named castle or house, so they are often bought by people who live in, visit or descend from the place. The title of each print names it.