Title from text below image., Questionable date of publication from manuscript annotation in pencil on similar print in The Lewis Walpole Library. See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Topos L847 no. 120+., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on left edge.
"View looking across the square towards the King's Mews, George II and his Company viewing the horses."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe de Ecuries du Roy a Charing Cross
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 "6" in upper right corner., Watermark: Charles Ball 1817., Leaf 37 in an album of views of London and its vicinity., and Pencil annotation below plate line, in a later hand: This rare plate is copied in Fairholt's "Haunted London".
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760,
Subject (Topic):
Stables, Horses, Horseback riding, Carriages & coaches, and Plazas
"View looking across the Temple onto the River Thames beyond; elegantly dressed figures in foreground, a carriage on the left and a sedan chair on the right"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe de Temple à costé de la riviere
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate numbered "29" in upper right corner., and Window mounted to 37 x 52 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill
"View of the cathedral with the statue of Queen Anne in the churchyard in foreground to left; elegantly dressed figures in yard and on street to the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., 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 "No. 2" in upper left corner and "1" in upper right corner., Watermark: Charles Ball., and Leaf 32 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
This plan shows the intention to remove Bethlem ('Bedlam") Hospital and replace it with the 'London Amphitheatre' which would comprise at least 60 houses with gardens, stables and coach-houses suitable for 'Opulent Citizens'. This complex will be linked directly to the Royal Exchange via a 80-ft wide new street
Description:
Colored for reference with an explanation note at upper left. Following imprint beneath map: Price one shilling., Shows George Dance's scheme for the reconstruction of streets from the Bank north to Finsbury Square. The designs were only partly carried out. The 'London Amphitheatre' on the site of Bethlehem Hospital was built as Finsbury Circus in about 1812., Sheet trimmed to 37 x 30.8 cm, resulting in partial loss of imprint and price statement beneath map., and Tipped in opposite page 396 in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Publisher:
Engrav'd & publish'd by John Luffman, No. 28, Little Bell Alley, Coleman Street
Subject (Geographic):
England, London, City of London (England), London (England), City of London., and London.
Survey and ground plot of the Royal Palace of White Hall
Description:
Map of the Palace of Whitehall, showing the various rooms, courts, gardens, wharves, barracks and the park beyond, the river to the south. An elegant border formed of pillars with scrolling capitals and two keys to the map. Inset maps to the upper left and right of Charing Cross and Whitehall respectively. A further key below and a descriptive text on a book to the upper left., The title on a banner above between three armorials., A scale on the pillar to the left., Imperfect; only lower right quadrant is present (sheet 22.5 x 34.2 cm), with the rest of the map trimmed away., Folded to 22.5 x 17.4 cm; mounted to 27.1 x 21.3 cm., and Mounted after page 278 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.
Scott, Edmund, approximately 1746-1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 June 1779]
Call Number:
Folio 75 L847 750
Collection Title:
Leaf 63. London and its environs about 1750.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View in Green Park as it appeared in 1735, looking towards Westminster Abbey, only one of its towers completed, with Buckingham House before it became a royal residence at mid-distance on the right; a cow being milked in foreground to right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The Antiquarian repertory. London : Printed for the proprietors and sold by F. Blyth [etc.], 1775-1784, v. 3., Mounted to 24 x 37 cm., Leaf 63 in an album of views of London and its vicinity., and Pencil annotation on mounting sheet, in a later hand: Before the towers of West. Abbey were finished.
Publisher:
Published 1st June 1779 by Richd. Godfrey, No. 120 Long Acre
Subject (Geographic):
London (England) and Green Park (London, England),
Subject (Name):
Westminster Abbey, and Buckingham Palace (London, England),
"View on the Thames during the 1814 Frost Fair; tents erected on the ice; people making merry in tents around fire or on the ice outside; street traders selling goods at fair; a man playing skittle in foreground, figures slipping or falling through cracks in ice behind; Blackfriars Bridge in background, with St Paul's to the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text above image., Numbered "(66" in upper right corner., Woodcut with letterpress text., and For an impression lacking publication line below image, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,0911.1008.
Publisher:
Published by T. Batchelar, 115 Long Alley, Moorfields, London
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs, Fairs, Cityscapes, Tents, Street vendors, and Winter
"View looking down Fenchurch Street; the hall on the right with pediment at top above four Ionic pillasters, shop signs jutting out from buildings on the left, carts and carriages in street."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vü de la Halle des Marchands de Fer dans Fenchurch Street
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Probably a later state, with slight alteration to the plate numbering format. For a state with "No. 6" in upper right corner, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 11875,0710.4909., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue., "The design copied from a print published at mid-century by John Bowles"--Curator's comments, 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 "6" in upper right corner., and Leaf 25 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), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Worshipful Company of Ironmongers (London, England)
