Probably a view of a section of St. Martin-in-the-Fields submitted by Sir James Thornhill for the 1720-1721 St. Martin-in-the-Fields project
Description:
Title devised by curator., Questionable attribution to Sir James Thornhill., Formerly housed as part of the SH Contents collection., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Church : Westminster, London, England)
"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
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
Toms, W. H. (William Henry), approximately 1700-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 1748]
Call Number:
Topos L847 no. 2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
View of the church of Allhalows Barking on Tower Street, from the graveyard
Alternative Title:
South east prospect of the church of All Hallows Barking
Description:
Title from text above image., Date of publication based on printseller's active dates. See British Museum online catalogue., Dedication below image, lower left: To the Most Reverend Father in God, John by Divine Providence Lord Archbishop of Canterbury ..., Text below image, lower right: This church was dedicated to [the] B. V. Mary & Alhallows ..., and Plate numbered "53" in upper right corner.
"View of Kensington Church from the street, looking straight down the street to the right, and with part of a building on the left with an arched entrance"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of the same composition
Alternative Title:
Veüe de l'Eglise de Kensington au sud es
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication based on printseller's active dates. See British Museum online catalogue., and Plate numbered "76" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Printed for and sold by Henry Overton at the White Horse without Newgate
Toms, W. H. (William Henry), approximately 1700-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 1748]
Call Number:
Topos L847 no. 73+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"South front of the old church, with the two figures in the clock tower, later removed to Regent's Park"--British museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state of the same composition
Alternative Title:
Southeast prospect of the church of St. Dunstan in the West
Description:
Title from text above image., Date of publication based on printseller's active dates. See British Museum online catalogue., Later state of a print originally published 18 March 1739. See British Museum online catalogue., Dedication below image, lower left: To Joseph Taylor Esquire, patron of this church, this plate is humbly inscribed by the proprietors Robert West and Willm. Henry Toms., Text below image, lower right: This church was dedicated to St. Dunstan, Archbp. of Cant., who died A.D. 990 ..., and Plate numbered "58" in upper right corner.
"View of the grand interior of the church; the main space largely empty except for a few elegantly dressed figures; Corinthian columns to left and right supporting domical vaulted ceiling; a gallery surrounding space"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Approximate date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on paper secondary support.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Church : Westminster, London, England),
"View along Cheapside; the church on the right; carriages and carts in street"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Église de St. Marie le Bow dans Cheapside, Londres
Description:
Title from caption below image., First two letters in printmaker's signature form a monogram., Imprint from impression in the British Museum., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., The Lewis Walpole Library impression: sheet trimmed with loss of imprint statement., and Mounted to 29 x 44 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for Tho. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, John Bowles & Son in Cornhill, R. Sayer in Fleet Street
"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.
