"View looking across a lawn towards the house; a pond on the left with a dog drinking and ducks swimming, an elegantly dressed family with a dog and small girl in foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Second in a series of twelve plates showing country seats outside London; the first plate bears the series title: Twelve views of gentlemens seats, in the environs of London., Plate numbered "2" in upper right corner., Mounted to 24 x 38 cm., and Leaf 47 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Published 12th Sepr. 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Highbury (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, Social & civic facilities, Dogs, Lakes & ponds, and Ducks
"View of the house with two men on horseback in the right foreground with their dog approaching to the house."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Kendal House, the property of Sir James Smith, near Uxbridge, Middlesex
Description:
Title engraved below image., Eighth in a series of twelve plates showing country seats outside London; the first plate bears the series title: Twelve views of gentlemens seats, in the environs of London., Plate numbered "8" in upper right corner., Mounted to 23 x 38 cm., and Leaf 55 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Published 12th Sepr. 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
"View of the palace from Millbank; St Paul's in the distance to the left, boats and figures in foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Lambeth le Palais, de L'Archveque de Canterbury
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 his Majesty's palaces and royal hospitals, and other public buildings in London, &c.", 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 87, no. 9., Plate numbered "10" in upper right corner., Watermark: 1804., and Leaf 29 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) and Thames River (England),
Subject (Name):
Lambeth Palace, and St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Castles & palaces, Official residences, Rivers, and Boats
A collection of sixty-four prints (mostly engravings and etchings) showing views of London and its vicinity, including views of Chelsea with Ranelagh, Hampstead, Highgate from Upper Halloway, Old Bedham with the gardens in front, Whitehall with the gatehouse, Grosvenor Square, St. Mary's Church on the Strand with old Somerset House, The Royale Mews in Charing Cross, St. James's Square with the Round Pond, Covent Gardent, Royal Gardens of Somerset, Hampstead, and scarce views of Barnes and Richmond as well as views of Twickenham, and many other scenes in and around London in the later half of the 18th century
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., Thames River (England), Saint James's Park (London, England), Twickenham (London, England), and London (England)
"View of large house from surrounding fields; a couple with a dog stands in foreground looking towards lodge to the right, sheep in field on the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Third in a series of twelve plates showing country seats outside London; the first plate bears the series title: Twelve views of gentlemens seats, in the environs of London., Plate numbered "3" in upper right corner., Mounted to 24 x 39 cm., and Leaf 48 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Published 12th Septr. 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
"View of the villa with house to the left, the river to the right with bridge in the back; a cart in the river collecting water, two figures talking in the left, looking towards the river."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Eleventh in a series of twelve plates showing country seats outside London; the first plate bears the series title: Twelve views of gentlemens seats, in the environs of London., Plate numbered "11" in upper right corner., Mounted to 24 x 38 cm., and Leaf 60 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Publish'd 12th Septr. 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Richmond (London, England), Richmond Bridge (Richmond upon Thames, London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Asgill, Charles, Sir, 1762-1823
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Rivers, Bridges, Dwellings, and Carts & wagons
"View of Copenhagen House, from the gardens; two slim and one stout man smoking a pipe stand in foreground, a horse to their left, two further men walk away from tavern to right, looking suspiciously towards the other men, behind them men play a game of skittles; fields in the distance."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Southeast view of Copenhagen House
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom., For a nearly identical print, probably from a different plate, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1927,1126.1.5.9., and Leaf 64 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, map and printsellers, No. 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Islington (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Taverns (Inns), Pipes (Smoking), and Games
"View of the grand house at Kenwood with walled garden, seen from the passing road; three figures on horseback riding by, a couple walking to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., "The design is attributed to [Jefferyes Hamett] O'Neale on stylistic grounds; the lively spotted dog is typical of his work"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.5592., Fourth in a series of twelve plates showing country seats outside London; the first plate bears the series title: Twelve views of gentlemens seats, in the environs of London., Plate numbered "4" in upper right corner., Mounted to 24 x 38 cm., and Leaf 49 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Published 12th Septr. 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Hampstead (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793 and Kenwood House (Hampstead, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Estates, Dwellings, Garden walls, Horseback riding, and Dogs
"View of the mansion from across the lake, a couple in the foreground to the left looking at the house, a dog sniffing the grass near them."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Lake House, belonging to Sir James Tilney Long, on the Ilford Road, Essex
Description:
Title engraved below image., Tenth in a series of twelve plates showing country seats outside London; the first plate bears the series title: Twelve views of gentlemens seats, in the environs of London., Plate numbered "10" in upper right corner., Mounted to 24 x 38 cm., and Leaf 57 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Published 12th Septr. 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Essex (England)
Subject (Name):
Tylney-Long, James, Sir, 1736-1794 and Wanstead House (England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Estates, Dwellings, and Lakes & ponds
