The fair stationer in Hyde Park 1780 A distant view of Coll. Sloans Mess House &c. / [graphic]

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Title: The fair stationer in Hyde Park 1780 A distant view of Coll. Sloans Mess House &c. / [graphic]
Creator: Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809, printmaker
Contributor: Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809, publisher.
Published / Created: [ca. 1780]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publishd. as the act directs by P. Sandby
Abstract: "View of a row of tents and temporary shelters, one with the sign "Lloyds Coffee House", a group of four ladies outside, in foreground to right four children play, trees in background on left, a building in distance on right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Imprint and subtitle partially burnished from plate?
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right edge.
Fourth plate from the first of two sets of semi-comic small etchings, each set comprised of ten plates. Plates from this first set are numbered in Roman numerals in lower right, and the British Museum enters the plates as 'Ten Views of Encampments in Hyde-Park and Black-Heath (first series)' based on the title of the first plate in the second set. For further information, see Curator's comments for museum number 1904,0819.620 in the British Museum online catalogue.
Plate numbered "IIII" in lower right corner.
Provenance: Andrew Edmunds; May 2021.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 23.9 x 31 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English