A view of Ironmongers Hall in Fenchurch Street Vü de la Halle des Marchands de Fer dans Fenchurch Street. [graphic] =

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Title: A view of Ironmongers Hall in Fenchurch Street Vü de la Halle des Marchands de Fer dans Fenchurch Street. [graphic] =
Alternative Title: Vü de la Halle des Marchands de Fer dans Fenchurch Street
Contributor: Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Published / Created: [between 1764 and 1790]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Abstract: "View looking down Fenchurch Street; the hall on the right with pediment at top above four Ionic pillasters, shop signs jutting out from buildings on the left, carts and carriages in street."--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. 6" in upper right corner, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 11875,0710.4909.
Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue.
"The design copied from a print published at mid-century by John Bowles"--Curator's comments, 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 "6" in upper right corner.
Leaf 25 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 27.5 cm, on sheet 24 x 38 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English
French