"View looking across Covent Garden piazza, the market in progress, St Paul's Church on the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe de Covent Garden
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Later state, with imprint burnished from plate. For an earlier state with the imprint "London, Printed for Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck faceing Fetter Lane End, Fleet Street", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.3050., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve perspective views of the principal churches, streets, and squares in the cities of London and Westminster", 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, pages 87, no. 10., Plate numbered "11" in upper right corner., Watermark: 1817., Leaf 42 in an album of views of London and its vicinity., and Pencil annotation below plate line, in a later hand: Old Covent Garden.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Covent Garden (London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
St. Paul's Church (Covent Garden, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Plazas, Markets, Churches, Coaches & carriages, Carts & wagons, and Sedan chairs
"View in the Strand looking towards St Clement Danes, a carriage approaching on the street to the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe de l'Eglise de St. Clements, dans le Strand
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Later state; remnants of burnished imprint visible at bottom of plate., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve perspective views of the principal churches, streets, and squares in the cities of London and Westminster", 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, pages 87, no. 10., Plate numbered "4" in upper right corner., Watermark: Charles Ball 1817., Leaf 35 in an album of views of London and its vicinity., and Pencil annotation below plate line, in a later hand: This rare view is copied in Fairholt's "Haunted London".
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Strand, The (London, England),, England, and London.
"Perspective view of St James's Square, looking north, the spire of St James's Church visible in the distance."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe de la Place de St. James's
Description:
Titles engraved below image, in English and French., Later state, with imprint burnished from plate. For an earlier state with the imprint "London, Printed for Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck facing Fetter Lane, Fleet Street", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.2201., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve perspective views of the principal churches, streets, and squares in the cities of London and Westminster", 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, pages 87, no. 10., Plate numbered "9" in upper right corner., Watermark: 1817., Leaf 40 in an album of views of London and its vicinity., and Pencil annotation below plate line, in a later hand: Curious.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Saint James's Square (London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
St. James's Church (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Plazas, Churches, Row houses, Coaches & carriages, and Sedan chairs
"View on the Strand looking towards St Mary's Church, with Somerset House on the right, a sedan chair on street to left, a carriage to the right, elegantly dressed figures and street traders on street."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe de L'Eglise de St. Marie dans le Strand, proche le Palais Royal de Somerset a Londres
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Later state; remnants of burnished imprint visible at bottom of plate., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve perspective views of the principal churches, streets, and squares in the cities of London and Westminster", 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, pages 87, no. 10., Plate numbered "5" in upper right corner., Watermark: Charles Ball 1817., Leaf 36 in an album of views of London and its vicinity., and Pencil annotation below plate line, in a later hand: Old Somerset House.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Strand, The (London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
St. Mary le Strand (Church : London, England), and Somerset House (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Churches, Streets, Castles & palaces, Carriages & coaches, and Sedan chairs
"View looking down Fleet Street towards Temple Bar, with St Dunstan in the West on the right; elegantly dressed figures among carriages and carts on the street."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Perspective view of Temple Bar and St. Dunstan's Church and Vüe de Temple Barr une des porte de la villa de Londrer, LEglise de St. Dunstan
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Later state; remnants of burnished imprint visible at bottom of plate., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve perspective views of the principal churches, streets, and squares in the cities of London and Westminster", 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, pages 87, no. 10., Plate numbered "3" in upper right corner., Watermark: 1817., Leaf 44 in an album of views of London and its vicinity., and Pencil annotation below plate line, in a later hand: Old St. Dunstan's Church. Temple Bar with the Traitor's Heads on it.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Fleet Street (London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Temple Bar (London, England), and St. Dunstan's in the West (Church : London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Streets, Churches, Gates, Carriages & coaches, and Carts & wagons
"View of the west front of Westminster Abbey with St Margaret's on the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Perspective view of Westminster Abbey and St. Margarets Church, Vüe de L'Abbaye de Westminster et L Eglise de St. Margurite, and Vüe de L'Abbaye de Westminster et L'Eglise de St. Margurite
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Later state, with imprint burnished from plate. For an earlier state with the imprint "London, Printed for Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck facing Fetter Lane, Fleet Street", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.2547., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve perspective views of the principal churches, streets, and squares in the cities of London and Westminster", 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, pages 87, no. 10., Plate numbered "2" in upper right corner., Watermark: Charles Ball 1817., and Leaf 33 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Westminster Abbey, and St. Margaret’s Church (Westminster, London, England),
"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
Alternative Title:
Eglise de St. Marie le Bow dans Cheapside, London
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., and Leaf 41 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Cheapside (London, England),, England, and London.
"View of Battersea, looking across the River Thames; a church in centre of view flying a flag, the river busy with barges and other boats; figures on river bank including a man fishing, a tall tree to the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Veüe de Battersea au nord
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 "Views of villages, noblemen and gentlemen's seats, &c. situate on, or near the river Thames", 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 88, no. 13., Plate numbered "7" in upper right corner., Mounted to 24 x 38 cm., and Leaf 8 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer, map & printseller near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Battersea (London, England), Thames River (England), England, and London.
Subject (Topic):
Rivers, Churches, Flags, Barges, Sailboats, and Rowboats
