A view of the Monument of London, in remembrance of the dreadful fire in 1666. Its height is 202 feet Vü du Monument de Londres, érigé en mémoire du terrible incendie de 1666. Sa hauteur est de 202 pieds. [graphic] =

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Title: A view of the Monument of London, in remembrance of the dreadful fire in 1666. Its height is 202 feet Vü du Monument de Londres, érigé en mémoire du terrible incendie de 1666. Sa hauteur est de 202 pieds. [graphic] =
Alternative Title: Vü du Monument de Londres, érigé en mémoire du terrible incendie de 1666. Sa hauteur est de 202 pieds
Contributor: Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Published / Created: [between 1760 and 1780]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Abstract: "View looking down Fish Street Hill towards London Bridge, showing the Monument and St Magnus; shops with shop signs in foreground, a few figures, carriages and carts on street."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Titles etched below image, in English and French.
Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.3874.
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 "5" in upper right corner.
Leaf 24 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