Title from caption below image., First two letters of "A Paris" in imprint form a ligature., Approximate date of publication based on publisher's flourish dates. See British Museum online catalogue., "No. 18."--Upper right corner., Watermark., and Writing in ink in a contemporary hand on verso, partially trimmed.
A perspective view, or vues d'optique, of the Covent Garden Market, looking towards Inigo Jones's St. Paul's Church, which is situated slightly to the right of center; in the foreground are shown vendors, carriages, pedestrians and other street life. The image is reversed for viewing through the lens of a Zograscope and designed to give the illusion of a deeper perspective, enhanced by the deep vanishing point and bright colour of the print
Alternative Title:
Vue perspective du Covent Garden, Vue du Couvent Garden, and Vue du Convent Garden
Description:
Title etched below image; alternative title etched in reverse above image: Vue du Couvent Garden., Date of publication from dealer's description., and "No. 92"--Upper right, above image.
Publisher:
Chez J. Chereau, rue St. Jacques au desses de la Fontaine St. Severin aux a Colonnes no. 257
"Interior view; watchmen assembling for their nocturnal rounds, wearing heay brown coats, black caps, holding lanterns."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Watch House, St. Marylebone
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 91., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 217., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1808.
Publisher:
Pub. Sept. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Marylebone (London, England), London (England), England, and London.
"View from the Water Engine Court in the prison, with two culprits at hard labour turning a wheel on the left; to the right a wardon directs two new inmates to relieve them; part of the chapel visible below the arch above court."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Water engine, Coldbath Fields Prison
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 19., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 126.
Publisher:
Pub. May 1, 1808, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Title from item., Date of publication from pencil annotation on impression in the British Museum; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Banks,67.230, Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "No. 32" engraved at top of image; "Jewels set in [the] most elegant taste" engraved within banner below numbering., and Part of a collection of 10 trade cards and tickets housed together in a box.
A view of the Wedgwood shop with customers looking at the wares
Alternative Title:
Wedgwood and Byerley
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text preceding title: For No. 2 of R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts., Plate numbered in upper right corner: Plate 7., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Ms. signature in contemporary hand across back of sheet.
"View from the river of the West India Docks, near Blackwell, with ships lined up by the docks on the left, small row boats at mid-stream."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 92., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 218., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1808.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 1, 1810, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"View from the river of the West India Docks, near Blackwell, with ships lined up by the docks on the left, small row boats at mid-stream."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 92., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 218., and 1 print : aquatint and etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 23.8 x 28 cm, on sheet 26.8 x 33.8 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 1, 1810, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"View from the street of the grand west front, the north front with portico not in view; elegantly dressed figures in foreground"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Imprint from impression in the British Museum., Plate from: A picturesque tour through the cities of London and Westminster. London: T. Malton, 1792 [i.e. 1802]., The Lewis Walpole Library impression: sheet trimmed with loss of imprint statement., The Lewis Walpole Library: From the Topographical Prints collection., and Window mounted to 48 x 36 cm.
"Interior view of the north transept of Westminster Abbey; a group of figures stand with a guide admiring the monuments; a couple stand in left foreground, the man gesturing upwards."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 93., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 229.
Publisher:
Pub. Decr. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
