The church of St. Mary le Bow in Cheapside, London L'Eglise de St. Marie le Bow dans Cheapside, London. [graphic] =

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Title: The church of St. Mary le Bow in Cheapside, London L'Eglise de St. Marie le Bow dans Cheapside, London. [graphic] =
Alternative Title: Eglise de St. Marie le Bow dans Cheapside, London
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 in Cheapside, looking down the wide street with the church on the right, the old shop signs over-hanging the pavements on either side."--British Museum online catalogue, description of another print of identical composition
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 "10" in upper right corner.
Watermark: Curteis & Son 1806.
Leaf 41 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 17.2 x 27.4 cm, on sheet 24 x 38 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English
French