Title from caption below image., Plate from: A survey of the cities of London and Westminster, and the borough of Southwark ... / Written at first in the year 1598, by John Stow ... London, Printed for W. Innys and J. Richardson [etc.], 1754-55., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered "9" in lower right corner., and Mounted to 33 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
Published according to act of Parliament, 1754, for Stowes Survey
"Pitt (left) holds up the dome of St. Paul's which he is about to place over the central tower of Lincoln Cathedral (right). He stands in a graveyard at some distance, and leans forward, on tip-toe, his right foot resting on a rectangular tombstone inscribed 'Hic jacet' and decorated with a bishop's mitre, a winged skull, and cross-bones"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Minister endeavouring to eke out Dr. Pretyman's bishopric
Description:
Title etched below image., Counterfeit signature; print by Gillray. See British Museum catalogue., and Temporary local subject terms: St. Paul's Cathedral -- Lincoln Cathedral.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 1787 by R. Phillips, Southwark
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and Pretyman, George, 1750-1827
Subject (Topic):
Cathedrals, Cemeteries, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Harris, John, active 1680-1739 or 1740, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1714]
Call Number:
Drawer Topos L847 no. 147
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View of St. Paul's from the south east, in the churchyard; the statue of Queen Anne outside west entrance at far left; a few small figures and carriages in foreground"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Publisher based on that of the volume in which the print appears., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., and Plate from: Britannia illustrata ... London : Printed for ... & Ioseph Smith ..., 1714-1715.
