The Royal Palace of Kensington Le Palais Royale de Kensington. [graphic] =

Description

Title: The Royal Palace of Kensington Le Palais Royale de Kensington. [graphic] =
Alternative Title: Palais Royale de Kensington
Contributor: Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Published / Created: [ca. 1750]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Abstract: "View of Kensington Palace from the surrounding gardens, as altered in the reign of George II; many gentlemen and ladies meandering through garden paths or gathering in small groups on the grass."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Titles etched below image, in English and French.
Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.1836.
Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve views of his Majesty's palaces and royal hospitals, and other public buildings in London, &c.", 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 87, no. 9.
Plate numbered "6" in upper right corner.
Leaf 51 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 17.3 x 27.5 cm, on sheet 24 x 39 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English
French