A view of Richmond Hill from the Earl of Cholmondelly's Vue de la Montagne de Richmond de la maison du Conte de Cholmondelly / [graphic] =

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Title: A view of Richmond Hill from the Earl of Cholmondelly's Vue de la Montagne de Richmond de la maison du Conte de Cholmondelly / [graphic] =
Alternative Title: View of Richmond Hill from the Earl of Cholmondeley's
Vue de la Montagne de Richmond de la maison du Conte de Cholmondelly
Creator: Sparrow, James, printmaker
Contributor: Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Published / Created: [not before 1747]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleetstreet
Abstract: "The Thames at the centre with boats on the water, figures on the quay to the right, a mansion by the quay and the city in the back, Richmond Hill in the background."--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.
Imperfect; plate number erased from sheet and replaced with number "6" written in ink. Missing number supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1872,1012.5399.
Plate numbered "4" in upper right corner.
Mounted to 24 x 39 cm.
Leaf 10 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 17.8 x 27.9 cm, on sheet 24 x 30 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English
French