The west front of the Mathematical School, Christs Hospital, 1775 [graphic]

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Title: The west front of the Mathematical School, Christs Hospital, 1775 [graphic]
Alternative Title: Sir Robert Clayton, Knt. Alderman of London
Creator: Green, Benjamin, 1739-1798, printmaker, artist
Contributor: Smith, N. 1738?-1809, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 January 1793]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd Jany. 1 - 1793 by N. Smith, Gt. Mays Buildings, St. Martins Lane
Abstract: "View in an oval frame, showing the school building, part of Christ's Hospital on Newgate Street, London; a school master with a group of boys in coats in foreground, a church steeple in the background; 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 nine lines of engraved text on a separate plate (7.4 x 17.4 cm), printed beneath plate with image: Sir Robert Clayton, Knt. Alderman of London.
Citation at bottom of text on separate plate: See Pennants London, 3 edition.
Plate from: Smith, J.T. Antiquities of London and its environs. London : Pubd. by J. Sewell [etc.], 1791[-1800].
Bound in opposite page 206 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 13.2 x 15.4 cm, on plate 14.9 x 17.5, on sheet 34.5 x 25.7 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English