Part of Christs Hospital taken from the Stewards Office 1765 [graphic]

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Title: Part of Christs Hospital taken from the Stewards Office 1765 [graphic]
Alternative Title: View of the library founded in 1429 by Richard Whittington
Creator: Green, Benjamin, 1739-1798, printmaker
Contributor: Smith, N. 1738?-1809, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 January 1793]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Jany. 1, 1793, by N. Smith, Gt. Mays Buildings, St. Martins Lane
Abstract: "View in an oval frame, showing different parts of the school and hospital on Newgate Street, London; an arcade at the back lines one side of the courtyard, pupils and school masters in yard; below a paragraph on the history of the building, from a separate plate; illustration to Smith's 'Antiquities of London'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched within lower border of oval image.
Heading to six lines of engraved text on a separate plate (7.5 x 17.5 cm), printed beneath plate with image: A view of the library founded in 1429 by Richard Whittington.
Citation at bottom of text on separate plate: See Pennants London 3d edition.
Plate from: Smith, J.T. Antiquities of London and its environs. London : Pubd. by J. Sewell [etc.], 1791[-1800].
Bound in opposite page 205 in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Pennant, T. Some account of London.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Charles J. Dimsdale, with his armorial bookplates in the volumes. Sotheby's, Lord Dimsdale's sale, lot 206, to Maggs for W.S. Lewis; 16 March 1964.
Extent: 1 print : oval image 12.6 x 15 cm, on plate 14.9 x 17.5 cm, on sheet 34.6 x 26 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English