"Satire on three bishops competing to become Archbishop of Canterbury in succession to William Wake."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., 'Price 6d.'--Lower right corner of plate., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings., and Watermark: countermark IV.
"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
Volume 1, part 1, opposite page 80. Catalogue of the royal and noble authors of England.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of William Caxton, full-length, facing right, down on one knee; head tilted slightly upwards, hands open in front of him; wearing a black robe
Description:
Title written in ink below image, on mounting page., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on death date of Richard Bull, who owned and likely assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is mounted., and Mounted opposite page 80 in volume 1, part 1 of Richard Bull's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A catalogue of the royal and noble authors of England. London : R. and J. Dodsley [etc.], 1759 [i.e. 1758].
Subject (Name):
Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492 and Lambeth Palace.