The inside of Westminster Abby Le neff de L'Abaie de Westminster / [graphic] =

Description

Title: The inside of Westminster Abby Le neff de L'Abaie de Westminster / [graphic] =
Alternative Title: Inside of Westminster Abbey
Neff de L'Abaie de Westminster
Creator: Bowles, Thomas, -1767, printmaker, artist, publisher
Contributor: Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Overton, Henry, active 1751-1764, publisher.
John Bowles & Son, publisher.
Published / Created: published according to act of Parliament, Aug. 1, 1753.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Tho. Bowles in St. Paul's Church Yard, John Bowles & Son in Cornhill, Rob. Sayer in Fleetstreet & H. Overton without Newgate
Abstract: Interior view of Westminster Abbey looking down the nave towards the organ, with groups of elegantly dressed figures in foreground
Description: Titles etched below image, in English and French.
Titled 'The Inside of Westminster Abbey, by Bowles, 1753' in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc, London, 1829.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark and mutilated on bottom edge, resulting in slight loss of imprint statement.
Title in English and French, with remaining text in English.
Folded to 28.3 x 23.7 cm; mounted to 32 x 26 cm.
Mounted on page 173 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Provenance: With the armorial bookplates of "Fraser, of Ledeclune, baronet" and "Herbert Henry Raphael" in volume. Sold at Sotheby's, 22 April 1901, to Sotheran. Schatzki, lot 1193; June 1961;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 28.3 x 41.9 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Scale: Scale not given
Coordinates: W 0°07'43"-W 0°07'34"/N 51°29'59"-N 51°29'55."
Language: English
French

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title: Page 173. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Collection / Other Creator: King, Richard, Esq.
Collection Date: London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].