"Interior view of the Old Bailey, on Newgate Street, London; court in session."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: No. 58., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 2, opposite page 212., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1801.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st March 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"Interior view of the auditorium of the Opera House in Haymarket, London; a performance taking place; actors dancing on stage, the audience watching from six tiered galleries on either side, and from the pit."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 59., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 2, opposite page 213.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st March 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
King's Theatre (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Opera houses, Interiors, Auditoriums, and Audiences
"View of buildings of Whitehall Palace from the river, from an inlet of the Thames in Lambeth Marsh; boats in the foreground, Banqueting House in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at top of plate., Restrike (probably retouched) of a print by Hollar that was 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)., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with some loss of image from right and left sides., Mounted to 20.9 x 27.1 cm., and Mounted after page 172 in volume 4 part 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
"Interior of the Pantheon on Oxford Street, during a masquerade; the hall crowded with figures in costume dancing and making merry; a band plays on the stage; other figures on balconies to left and right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 60., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 2, opposite page 215.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st March 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"View in an oval frame, showing different parts of the school and hospital on Newgate Street, London; an arcade at the back lines one side of the courtyard, pupils and school masters in yard; below a paragraph on the history of the building, from a separate plate; illustration to Smith's 'Antiquities of London'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
View of the library founded in 1429 by Richard Whittington
Description:
Title etched within lower border of oval image., Heading to six lines of engraved text on a separate plate (7.5 x 17.5 cm), printed beneath plate with image: A view of the library founded in 1429 by Richard Whittington., Citation at bottom of text on separate plate: See Pennants London 3d edition., Plate from: Smith, J.T. Antiquities of London and its environs. London : Pubd. by J. Sewell [etc.], 1791[-1800]., and Bound in opposite page 205 in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Pennant, T. Some account of London.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1, 1793, by N. Smith, Gt. Mays Buildings, St. Martins Lane
"Scene inside the pass-room of Bridewell Prison, the room used for miserable women; beds constructed from piles of hay with wooden planks lining room, many women poorly clothed lie in beds, some with young children."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 92., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 12., and 1 print : aquatint and etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 23.5 x 28.5 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. 1 March 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Great Britain., England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Bridewell Royal Hospital.
Subject (Topic):
Hospitals, Prisons, Workhouses, Poverty, Interiors, Charitable organizations, Poor persons, and Children
"Scene inside the pass-room of Bridewell Prison, the room used for miserable women; beds constructed from piles of hay with wooden planks lining room, many women poorly clothed lie in beds, some with young children."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 92., and Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 12.
Publisher:
Pub. 1 March 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Great Britain., England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Bridewell Royal Hospital.
Subject (Topic):
Hospitals, Prisons, Workhouses, Poverty, Interiors, Charitable organizations, Poor persons, and Children
"Interior of the chapel, in Bermondsey; a priest delivering a sermon from pulpit in foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 61., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 2, opposite page 222.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st April 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Philanthropic Society (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Chapels, Religious services, Interiors, and Pulpits
"View of Cockspur Street, Charing Cross, with two men in the pillory in the centre surrounded by an enthusiastic crowd, on the right the equestrian statue of Charles I stands watching over the scene."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 62., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 2, opposite page 226.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st April 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Charing Cross (London, England), London (England), England, and London.
