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1. A view of the Royal Exchange at London Vüe de la Bourse Royale à Londres / [graphic] =
- Creator:
- Caldwall, James, 1739-1819, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1747]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 L847 750
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 38. London and its environs about 1750.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Exterior view of the Royal Exchange, looking towards Cheapside down a street with carriages, carts, and pedestrians; the prominent entrance of the Exchange with tower is seen at center; the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral is visible in the distance on the left
- Alternative Title:
- Vüe de la Bourse Royale à Londres
- 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 "7" in upper right corner., Watermark: Curteis & Son 1806., Leaf 38 in an album of views of London and its vicinity., and Pencil annotation below plate line, in a later hand: Old Royal Exchange.
- 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):
- Royal Exchange (London, England), and St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Merchants' exchanges, Streets, Commercial facilities, Colonnades, Carriages & coaches, and Carts & wagons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view of the Royal Exchange at London Vüe de la Bourse Royale à Londres / [graphic] =
2. The inside view of the Royal Exchange at London Vüe du dedans de la Bourse Royale à Londres. [graphic] =
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1747]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 L847 750
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 27. London and its environs about 1750.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "View within the courtyard of the Exchange, looking towards the tower, with colonnade around edge, statue of Charles II in centre; large groups of men conversing in space."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Vüe du dedans de la Bourse Royale à Londres
- 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 "8" in upper right corner., and Leaf 27 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):
- Royal Exchange (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Merchants' exchanges, Commercial facilities, Courtyards, Colonnades, Sculpture, and Crowds
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The inside view of the Royal Exchange at London Vüe du dedans de la Bourse Royale à Londres. [graphic] =
3. [Courtyard of castle, showing Conrad under the giant helmet] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1800]
- Call Number:
- 24 17 791P Copy 7
- Collection Title:
- Opposite page 5. Castle of Otranto.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A scene from Horace Walpole's Gothic novel The castle of Otranto, with the character Conrad seen lying under an enormous helmet at the left end of a large, open courtyard. The helmet, topped by large black feathers, obscures all of Conrad's body except for his legs. A crowd has gathered and several men attempt to lift the helmet off its victim. In the background the arched colonnades of the castle terminate in an arched gate on the right; a round tower rises at center above the colonnades. In the left foreground is a wall with an arched window above an arched door, an armorial shield mounted between them
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist not identified., Date of production supplied by curator., and Mounted opposite page 5 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. The castle of Otranto. Parma : Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, London, MDCCXCI [1791].
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Castles & palaces, Courtyards, Colonnades, Helmets, and Dead persons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Courtyard of castle, showing Conrad under the giant helmet] [art original].
4. [Courtyard of the Royal Exchange, London] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Nicholls, Sutton, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1729]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 724 771N
- Collection Title:
- Page 137. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The courtyard of the Royal Exchange, London, with numerous male figures, most wearing hats and carrying canes; the statue of Charles II in the centre."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title supplied by cataloger., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted to 32 x 26 cm., and Mounted on page 137 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?].
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- London (England), England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685, and Royal Exchange (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Merchants' exchanges, Commercial facilities, Courtyards, Colonnades, Sculpture, and Crowds
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Courtyard of the Royal Exchange, London] [graphic]
5. [Youth praying in the courtyard] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1800]
- Call Number:
- 24 17 791P Copy 7
- Collection Title:
- Opposite page 100. Castle of Otranto.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A scene from Horace Walpole's Gothic novel The castle of Otranto, with the character Theodore about to be executed in the courtyard of the castle. On the left, Theodore kneels down before the friar Jerome to pray, his shirt slipping down below his left shoulder to reveal the mark of a bloody arrow. Behind the friar stands Manfred, who ordered the execution, and several attendants; two guards holding pikes and a man carrying a sword stand behind the kneeling prisoner. At the far end of the courtyard on the right, the giant helmet sits in front of colonnades. In the background at center, the bordering colonnades are interrupted by a gray-colored section of the castle with arched windows and alcoves in which statues reside
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist not identified., Date of production supplied by curator., and Mounted opposite page 100 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. The castle of Otranto. Parma : Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, London, MDCCXCI [1791].
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Castles & palaces, Courtyards, Colonnades, Executions, Prayer, and Helmets
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Youth praying in the courtyard] [art original].
