Harris, John, active 1680-1739 or 1740, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1717]
Call Number:
Topos L847 no. 140++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View of the Church of St Mary-le-Strand, showing the statue of St Anne on the Portico, with further statues in the niches on the south side; elegantly dressed figures on Strand around church, a sedan chair and a carriage on the right"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Prospectum hunc Templi Stae. Mariae in vico dicto the Strand
Description:
Title from text below image., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., "Debito Obsequio D.D. Jacobus Gibbs Architectus"--Below title, lower right corner., and Watermark.
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)
Page 138. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View of the church of St Mary-le-Bow in Cheapside, London; figures and carriages on street in foreground; shops adjoining church to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at top of image., Plate from: Stow, J. A survey of the cities of London and Westminster. London : Printed for A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, [and 5 others in London], 1720, v. 1, book 3, opposite page 25., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of printmaker's signature from lower right. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1978,U.3633., "V 1: B 3: p. 25."--Upper right corner., Folded to 31.8 x 20.7 cm; mounted to 32 x 26 cm., and Mounted on page 138 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
"The south prospect of the Church of St. Clement's Danes in the Strand; with complete tower and spire; figures in foreground including street traders and a stationary carriage on the left"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Saint Clements Church in the Strand
Description:
Title from text above image., State with a strip added at the top to show the alterations to the tower and steeple. See British Museum online catalogue., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., Dedication below image: To [the] Rt. Honble. Brownlow Caecill Earl of Exeter ... this plate is humbly dedicated by John Kip., and Sheets trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by I. Smith in Exeter Change in the Strand
"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.
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.
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 façade looking northwards."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
View of Saint Georges Church, Hanover Square, from Conduit Street, London and Vuë de l'Eglise de Saint George dans le Carré de Hanover, prés du côté Rue Conduit à Londres
Description:
Titles engraved below image, in English and French., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., "Publish'd according to act of Parliamt."--Below image., Mounted to 30 x 46 cm., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Printed for Ino. Boydell, Engraver, Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
St. George's Church (Westminster, London, England),
"Interior of the church in London; Corinthian columns supporting ceiling with dome; elegantly dressed figures in otherwise open space; in rococo proscenium with title on banderole below."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Saint Stephen Walbrook
Description:
Title from caption etched within banner below image., "Price 1 s."--Following imprint., "No. 41."--Lower right corner., and Sheet numbered "41" in a contemporary hand in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament by J. Boydell Engraver at the Globe near Durham Yard in the Strand
"Interior view of the Temple Church; the vaulted ceiling supported by two rows of columns, the interior empty but for the fashionably dressed figures strolling through"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text at top of image., Text below image begins: The Temple Church is one of the most beautiful Gothic structures we see in England ..., "Price 1 s."--Following imprint., "No. 42"--Lower right corner., and Sheet numbered "42" in a contemporary hand in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament by J. Boydell at the Globe near Durham Yard in the Strand
