A view of the Custom House with part of the Tower, taken from the River Thames, London Vü de la Douane anec une partie de la Tour de Londres prise de dessus la Tamise. [graphic] =

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Title: A view of the Custom House with part of the Tower, taken from the River Thames, London Vü de la Douane anec une partie de la Tour de Londres prise de dessus la Tamise. [graphic] =
Alternative Title: Vü de la Douane anec une partie de la Tour de Londres prise de dessus la Tamise
Contributor: Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Published / Created: [1751]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Abstract: "View from the river of the Custom House, looking east towards the Tower of London; a large boat flying a flag with raised sails in foreground to right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Titles etched below image, in English and French.
Probably a later state, with slight alteration to the plate numbering format. For a state with "No. 4" in upper right corner, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1875,0710.4907.
Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue.
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 "4" in upper right corner.
Leaf 23 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 x 26.9 cm, on sheet 24 x 38 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English
French