Byrsa Londinensis vulgo the Royal Exchange [graphic]

Description

Title: Byrsa Londinensis vulgo the Royal Exchange [graphic]
Creator: Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677, printmaker
Published / Created: [approximately 1800?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Interior view of the Royal Exchange, showing three sides, a tower rising in background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched at top of plate, within a banner held by a putto in the sky.
Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram.
Restrike (probably retouched) of a print originally published in 1647 as part of a series of eight. See Adams.
Approximate publication date from Adams, who notes that printsellers such as Laurie & Whittle were selling impressions on wove paper of the prints in this series at the turn of the 19th century. Decades earlier, the publishers Sayer and Bennett had offered impressions "on very good paper" in their 1775 catalogue, writing that the original plates had been "carefully cleaned" (that is, the worn lines had likely been re-engraved).
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted to 20.7 x 27.1 cm.
Mounted after page 436 in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Provenance: Engraved bookplate of Charles E.H. Chadwick Healey in each volume; sold at his sale, Hodgson Rooms, 1942. Also with the bookplate: Harry Lawrence Bradfer Lawrence F.S.A. in volume 2. Marlborough Rare Books; May 2024.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 14.4 x 25.4 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [Restrike].
Language: English