SCOTLAND Maybole Castle Ayrshire - 1852 Antique Print Engraving

Description: Narrative: (at the bottom of page) Print Specifics: Type of print: Intaglio, steel engraving - Original antique printYear of printing: not indicated in the print. Actual: 1852 Publisher: R.W. Billings, 3 St. Mary's Bond, London Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair) Dimensions: 8.5 x 11 inches (21 x 28 cm), including blank margins around the image. Paper weight: 1-2 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)Reverse side: BlankNotes: 1. Green color 'border' around the print in the photo is a contrasting background, on which the print was photographed. 2. The print detail is sharper than the photo of the print. 3. Color photo (not included) shows how it looks today. Original narrative: ... Maybole was a place of note and consequence. The noble bailic and his taxing depute now no longer salute the provost and rector, and the county gentry have long ceased to flock to the bailie's court; but there were persons not long ago alive who had a faint recollection of Maybole being a "genteel town," where the descendants of some ancient families still lingered. The edifices which owe their existence to the same cause have, however, survived them. To its ancient importance this village is indebted for several baronial remains, such as one meets with but rarely even in larger towns. The Earl of Cassilis, with many of the other gentry of Carrick, had their city mansions or hotels in May bole, as the chief nobility of the empire now have their town houses in London. The Tolbooth, of which the tower has some Gothic details-a rare feature in the baronial antiquities of Scotland-was thus the town residence of the Kennedies of Blairquhan, who had their territorial fortalice in the neighbouring parish of Straiton. The other tower, com- monly called "the castle," of which two engravings have been given, was the hotel of a still more potent personage the Earl of Cassilis, and the Bailie of Carrick-so that it possessed something like the same importance as the government house of a colony. sons. A strange instance of the Bailie's power, and the manner in which it was used, occurred at the commencement of the seventeenth century. Having ascertained that his enemy, Kennedy of Bargany, a cadet of his own family, was to pass through Carrick, he issued forth from Maybole Castle, with two hundred armed followers, determined to intercept him, and pay off some old score of feudal veu- geance. Bargany was accompanied by Muir of Auchindrane, and a few armed followers; but they were quite insufficient to withstand the forces of the Bailie, who carried away his enemy's bleeding body to the castle. Martin2001 Satisfaction Guaranteed Policy! Any print purchased from me may be returned for any (or no) reason for a full refund including all postage. eBay seller since 1998.Five-star service.

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