A perspective view of Westminster Abbey & St. Margarets Church Vüe de L'Abbaye de Westminster et L Eglise de St. Margurite / [graphic] =

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Title: A perspective view of Westminster Abbey & St. Margarets Church Vüe de L'Abbaye de Westminster et L Eglise de St. Margurite / [graphic] =
Alternative Title: Perspective view of Westminster Abbey and St. Margarets Church
Vüe de L'Abbaye de Westminster et L Eglise de St. Margurite
Vüe de L'Abbaye de Westminster et L'Eglise de St. Margurite
Creator: Maurer, J. active 1713-1761, printmaker, artist
Published / Created: publish'd according to act of Parliament, [1753]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "View of the west front of Westminster Abbey with St Margaret's on the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Titles etched below image, in English and French.
Later state, with imprint burnished from plate. For an earlier state with the imprint "London, Printed for Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck facing Fetter Lane, Fleet Street", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.2547.
Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve perspective views of the principal churches, streets, and squares in the cities of London and Westminster", 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, pages 87, no. 10.
Plate numbered "2" in upper right corner.
Watermark: Charles Ball 1817.
Leaf 33 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 19 x 28.8 cm, on sheet 24 x 38 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English
French