Guys Hospital for Incurables [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Guys Hospital for Incurables [graphic].
- Creator
- Nicholls, Sutton, printmaker
- Contributor
- Bowles, Thomas, -1767, attributed name.
- Published / Created
- [1754]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- W. Innys and J. Richardson, etc.
- Abstract
-
"A bird's eye view of the central block of Guy's Hospital built by Thomas Dance, 1722-2, seen from outside the main entrance; a few figures in foreground."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
- Description
-
Title from text etched within banner at top of image.
Attribution to Sutton Nicholls based on similar prints in The Lewis Walpole Library bearing his signature; cf. Lewis Walpole Library Topos L847 no. 28+. A questionable attribution to Thomas Bowles III is noted in the description of an earlier state in the British Museum online catalogue.
Later state, with imprint removed and plate number added, of a plate originally published in 1728 by John Bowles as part of his "London Described" series of prints (title page dated 1731); cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: G,2.43. See also: Adams, B. London illustrated, 1604-1851, 29.43.
Plate from: Stow, J. A survey of the cities of London and Westminster, and the borough of Southwark. London, Printed for W. Innys and J. Richardson [etc.], 1754-55.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of plate number from lower right. Plate number supplied from another impression bound in Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 646 754 St7.
Plate numbered "100" in lower right.
Window mounted to 36 x 48 cm. - Provenance
- Suckling; November 1936.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 32.8 x 46 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Topos L847 no. 36+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Views
Book illustrations
Etchings England London 1754
Engravings England London 1754 - Material
- etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
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England
London. - Subject (Name)
- Guy's Hospital,
- Subject (Topic)
- Hospitals
- Subjects
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Guy's Hospital
Hospitals > England > London
England > London > 1754
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 11114136
- Object ID (OID)
- 11001398
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