A perspective view of [the] parade in St. James's Park the Treasury, the new buildings for the Horse Guards, and His Majesty going to the House of Lords = Vüe de la parade dans le Parc de St. James : le Treser, le nouveau batiment de Gardes a Cheval, et la procession du Roy allant a la Chambre des Seigneurs / [graphic]

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Lewis Walpole Library > A perspective view of [the] parade in St. James's Park the Treasury, the new buildings for the Horse Guards, and His Majesty going to the House of Lords = Vüe de la parade dans le Parc de St. James : le Treser, le nouveau batiment de Gardes a Cheval, et la procession du Roy allant a la Chambre des Seigneurs / [graphic]

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Title: A perspective view of [the] parade in St. James's Park the Treasury, the new buildings for the Horse Guards, and His Majesty going to the House of Lords = Vüe de la parade dans le Parc de St. James : le Treser, le nouveau batiment de Gardes a Cheval, et la procession du Roy allant a la Chambre des Seigneurs / [graphic]
Alternative Title: Vüe de la parade dans le Parc de St. James : le Treser, le nouveau batiment de Gardes a Cheval, et la procession du Roy allant a la Chambre des Seigneurs
Creator: Maurer, John, active 1720-1742, printmaker, artist
Published / Created: published according to act of Parliament, 1754, for Stowes Survey.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: W. Innys and J. Richardson, etc.
Abstract: "View in the park with spectators watching the parade, as George II makes his way to the House of Lords, showing the Horse Guards and the Treasury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Titles engraved below image, in English and French.
"An earlier state of this print was first listed in John Bowles's catalogue for 1753, in the series 'Perspective Views in and about London', p.44, number 19"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: R,9.27.
Plate from: 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 on three sides.
Plate numbered "5" beneath lower right corner of image.
Folded to 25.5 x 24.5 cm; mounted to 32 x 26 cm.
Mounted on page 181 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 25.5 x 42 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English
French

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Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title: Page 181. 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?].

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Genre: Pictorial works
Early works to 1800
Views
Book illustrations
Etchings England London 1754
Engravings England London 1754
Material: etching with engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): London (England)
Saint James's Park (London, England),
England
London.
Subject (Name): George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760,
Horse Guards (London, England : Building),
Great Britain. Treasury
Subject (Topic): Buildings
Parks
Government facilities
Soldiers
Parades & processions
Spectators
Carriages & coaches
Subjects: George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760
London (England) > Pictorial works > Early works to 1800
Saint James's Park (London, England)
Horse Guards (London, England : Building)
Great Britain. Treasury > Buildings > Pictorial works
Parks > England > London
Government facilities
Soldiers
Parades & processions
Spectators
Carriages & coaches
England > London > 1754
Raphael, Herbert H. > Ownership
Fraser, William Augustus Sir, 1826-1898 > Ownership

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