A perspective view of the Royal Stables at Charing Cross Vüe de Ecuries du Roy a Charing Cross / [graphic] =

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Title: A perspective view of the Royal Stables at Charing Cross Vüe de Ecuries du Roy a Charing Cross / [graphic] =
Alternative Title: Vüe de Ecuries du Roy a Charing Cross
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 looking across the square towards the King's Mews, George II and his Company viewing the horses."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Titles etched below image, in English and French.
Later state; remnants of burnished imprint visible at bottom of plate.
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 "6" in upper right corner.
Watermark: Charles Ball 1817.
Leaf 37 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Pencil annotation below plate line, in a later hand: This rare plate is copied in Fairholt's "Haunted London".
Provenance: Formerly owned by James Comerford, with his armorial bookplate in the volume. Thorp; July 1937.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 19.1 x 28.6 cm, on sheet 24 x 39 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English
French