Title etched below image., Publication information from the book in which the print was published., Plate from: Robertson, A. A topographical survey of the great road from London to Bath and Bristol. London : Printed for the author; and William Faden, 1792., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 192 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Figures by a boat and rocks in the foreground; the ruins of Tantallon Castle to the left; the Firth of Forth stretching to the distance; Bass Rock on the horizon; boats throughout the scene
Alternative Title:
View of Tantallon Castle, the Bass-Rock and the River Forth
Description:
Title etched below image. and Titled 'View of Tantalon Castle, the Bass Rock, and the River Forth, by J. Farington; engraved by Dodd, 1792.' in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc, London, 1829.
Publisher:
Pubd. Febry. 1792 by F. Jukes, No. 10 Howland Street
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland, Forth, Firth of, Forth, Firth of., and Forth, Firth of (Scotland)
"View of Westminster Bridge from the Bankside, Southwark, with Westminster Abbey just visible beyond; a large pulley system in foreground, for lifting stone blocks; a man tends to a cart horse while another two stand by a cart, a number of other small groups of people converse by the river bank"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate from: A picturesque tour through the cities of London and Westminster. London: T. Malton, 1792 [i.e. 1802].
Publisher:
Publish'd June 30, 1792, by T. Malton
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., and Westminster Bridge (London, England),
