The north view of Battersea La veüe de Battersea au nord. [graphic] =

Description

Title: The north view of Battersea La veüe de Battersea au nord. [graphic] =
Alternative Title: Veüe de Battersea au nord
Contributor: Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Published / Created: [not before 1747]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Robert Sayer, map & printseller near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Abstract: "View of Battersea, looking across the River Thames; a church in centre of view flying a flag, the river busy with barges and other boats; figures on river bank including a man fishing, a tall tree to the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Titles etched below image, in English and French.
Date of publication based on Robert Sayer's earliest year of activity. The address "near Sergeants Inn, Fleet Street" only appears on his very early prints; see British Museum online catalogue.
Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Views of villages, noblemen and gentlemen's seats, &c. situate on, or near the river Thames", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, page 88, no. 13.
Plate numbered "7" in upper right corner.
Mounted to 24 x 38 cm.
Leaf 8 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Provenance: Formerly owned by James Comerford, with his armorial bookplate in the volume. Thorp; July 1937.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17.6 x 27.8 cm, on sheet 24 x 30 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English
French