A perspective view of Grosvener Squar Vüe de la Place de Grosvenor / [graphic] =

Description

Title: A perspective view of Grosvener Squar Vüe de la Place de Grosvenor / [graphic] =
Alternative Title: Perspective view of Grosvenor Square
Vüe de la Place de Grosvenor
Creator: Maurer, J. active 1713-1761, printmaker, artist
Contributor: Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Published / Created: publish'd according to act of Parliament, [1753]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck facing Fetter Lane End, Fleet Street
Abstract: "View looking across Grosvenor Square with the oval shaped planted area with equestrian statue in the centre; a carriage, sedan chair and elegantly dressed figures in foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Titles etched below image, in English and French.
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.
Leaf 34 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 16.4 x 28.4 cm, on sheet 24 x 39 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English
French