"Bird's eye view of Somerset House and its garden and fountain from the Thames; the Folly, or Royal Diversion, a timber building on a barge, moored on the river; a coat of arms at the bottom of the sheet"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Maison de Somerset
Description:
Title from caption below image., Publisher and date of publication from that of the volume in which the print appears., Plate from: Britannia illustrata ... London : D. Mortier, 1707., and Plate numbered "6" in lower right corner.
"Bird's eye view of St James's Palace looking across formal gardens towards the City of London; cavalcade with coaches advancing down the Mall on the right"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Saint James's House and Palais Royal de St. James
Description:
Title from caption below image., Publisher and date of publication from that of the volume in which the print appears., Plate from: Britannia illustrata ... London : D. Mortier, 1707., and Plate numbered "2" in lower right corner.
"Bird's eye view of the Duke of Beaufort's house at Chelsea, surrounded by formal gardens, with the river in the foreground and Holland House, Camden House and Kensington House in the background"--British Museum online catalogue, description of variant state
Alternative Title:
House at Chelsea in the county of Middlesex ...
Description:
Title from caption below image., Variant (earlier?) state of a plate from: Britannia illustrata ... London : D. Mortier, 1707., and Plate numbered "13" in lower right corner.
"Bird's eye view of the grand house and gardens in Chiswick, west London; the river Thames in foreground"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
House at Chiswick in the county of Middlesex, one of the seats of The Rt. Honble. Charles Boyle Baron Clifforde of Londesburgh ...
Description:
Title from caption below image., Publisher and date of publication from that of the volume in which the print appears., Plate from: Britannia illustrata ... London : D. Mortier, 1707., Plate numbered "30" in lower right corner., and Embossed stamp in lower left corner of plate: Oval with "W" inside.
Title from caption below image., Approximate date of publication based on dates of partnership between H. Overton and J. Hoole. See British Museum online catalogue., Later state? Printmaker signature mostly erased from lower right corner., Key to the lettered points of interest in image is etched on either side of title., Sheets trimmed within plate mark., and Annotated on verso in a contemporary hand: N. 5960, 3 s.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by H. Overton & J. Hoole at the White Horse without Newgate
