Lacy House in Middlesex, the seat of Richard Brindsley Sheridan Esqr [graphic]

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Title: Lacy House in Middlesex, the seat of Richard Brindsley Sheridan Esqr [graphic]
Creator: Angus, William, 1752-1821, printmaker, artist
Contributor: Angus, William, 1752-1821, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 November 1793]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published as the act directs Novr. 1st, 1793, by W. Angus, No. 4 Gwynne's Buildings, Islington
Abstract: View from the Thames of Lacy House, formerly in the County of Middlesex, with boats on the river in the foreground. Built in 1750 for James Lacy, co-owner of the Drury Lane Theatre, the mansion was later home to the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Description: Title etched below image.
Plate from: Angus, W. The seats of the nobility and gentry in Great Britain and Wales... [London] : Published by W. Angus, Gwynne's Buildings, Islington, Feby 1, 1787[-97].
"Pl. XXXVI"--Upper right corner.
Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm; mounted below is the page of descriptive letterpress text that accompanied the print in the volume.
Mounted opposite page 518 (leaf numbered '117' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Provenance: Formerly owned by R.B. Sheridan (the dramatist's grandson), who undertook the copious extra-illustration of the volumes. Later owned by Sheridan's descendant Lady Wavertree. Sotheby's, 25 May 1954 (Lady Wavertree sale), lot 266, to Maggs for W.S. Lewis.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 15.7 x 21 cm, on sheet 18.3 x 23 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English