A north view of Westminster Bridge Vüe du Pont de Westminster du cote du nord. [graphic] =

Description

Title: A north view of Westminster Bridge Vüe du Pont de Westminster du cote du nord. [graphic] =
Alternative Title: Vüe du Pont de Westminster du cote du nord
Contributor: Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Published / Created: [1753]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Abstract: "View of Westminster Bridge from the centre of the Thames; a number of small boats in foreground; Westminster Abbey and Hall beyond bridge to the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Titles etched below image, in English and French.
Date of publication from description of 19th-century reissue by Francis West; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1875,0508.1462.
Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve views of the city of London and public buildings therein, accurately engraved from the originals taken on the spot", 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 86, no. 8.
Plate numbered "3" in upper right corner.
Leaf 22 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 17.1 x 27.4 cm, on sheet 24 x 38 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English
French