The inside view of the Royal Exchange at London Vüe du dedans de la Bourse Royale à Londres. [graphic] =

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Title: The inside view of the Royal Exchange at London Vüe du dedans de la Bourse Royale à Londres. [graphic] =
Alternative Title: Vüe du dedans de la Bourse Royale à Londres
Contributor: Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Published / Created: [not before 1747]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Abstract: "View within the courtyard of the Exchange, looking towards the tower, with colonnade around edge, statue of Charles II in centre; large groups of men conversing in space."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Titles etched below image, in English and French.
Date of publication based on Robert Sayer's earliest year of activity. The address "near Sergeants Inn, Fleet Street" only appears on his very early prints; see 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 "8" in upper right corner.
Leaf 27 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 27.3 cm, on sheet 24 x 38 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English
French