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1. A perspective view of Tower Hill and the place of execution of the Lords Kilmarnock and Balmerino on Monday 18 of August 1746 [graphic]
- Creator:
- Maurer, John, active 1720-1742, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1750]
- Call Number:
- Topos L847 no. 108+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Lords Kilmarnock and Balmerino awaiting execution on raised platform encircled by line of infantry within line of cavalry; groups of onlookers at ground level and at windows and on balconies"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Questionable attribution to Maurer and approximate date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., "Publish'd according to act of Parliament"--Below image., Text below image, lower left: The Governor of [the] Tower delivering the prisoners to the Sheriffs of London at the barr for execution., Text below image, lower right: The view of the scaffold with the guards surounding [sic] at the time of execution., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Partially window mounted., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Jno. Ryall at Hogarth's Head in Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Kilmarnock, William Boyd, Earl of, 1704-1746. and Balmerino, Arthur Elphinstone, Lord, 1688-1746.
- Subject (Topic):
- Executions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A perspective view of Tower Hill and the place of execution of the Lords Kilmarnock and Balmerino on Monday 18 of August 1746 [graphic]
2. The battle of Temple Bar [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1769]
- Call Number:
- 769.03.00.03 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A squel to the print "The Battle of Cornhill", showing an eastern view of Temple Bar and a view of Fleet Street showing the exterior of Nando's Coffee House and The Devil Tavern; the gates of Temple Bar are closed; at the top of the bar are the heads of Fletcher and Townely, the Jacobites executed for the part if the Scottish raid of 1745-1756 ...
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: The London magazine, or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer. London : R. Baldwin, v. 38 (1769), p. 166., Temporary local subject terms: Edward Boehm., and Mounted to 16 x 24 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Fletcher, George, -1745., Towneley, Francis, -1745., and Temple Bar (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Jacobites, Bird's-eye views, Carriages & coaches, City & town life, Clergy, Crowds, Coffeehouses, Decapitations, Executions, Riots, and Taverns (Inns)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The battle of Temple Bar [graphic].
