A view of the hospital of Bethlehem Vü̈e de hopital de Bethlehem. [graphic] =

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Title: A view of the hospital of Bethlehem Vü̈e de hopital de Bethlehem. [graphic] =
Alternative Title: View of the hospital of Bethlem
Vü̈e de hopital de Bethlehem
Contributor: Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Published / Created: [ca. 1750]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck, near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Abstract: "View showing the north front of Bethlem Hospital, looking across the gardens; figures in foreground and on paths outside hospital."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Titles etched below image, in English and French.
Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.4016.
Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve views of his Majesty's palaces and royal hospitals, and other public buildings in London, &c.", 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 87, no. 9.
Imperfect; plate number erased from upper right corner of sheet. Missing number supplied from impression in the British Museum.
Plate numbered "5" in upper right corner.
Leaf 16 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 17.2 x 27.6 cm, on sheet 24 x 38 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English
French