An antique line engraving by Samuel Sparrow after Joshua Kirby Baldrey. Published in 1802 with later hand colouring. King's College was originally founded by Henry VI in 1441 and was established for the exclusive, further education of boys from Eton College. It shows the famous west front with Clare Hall alongside, a view that has come to epitomise Cambridge around the world. Three brown stains in top margin from previous mounting.
Approx 45cms by 31cms.
