"View looking down the street towards St Paul's Cathedral, the dome of which rises in the distance, the Exchange on the right; elegantly dressed figures, street traders and carriages in street"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Imprint from impression in the British Museum., Plate from: A picturesque tour through the cities of London and Westminster. London: T. Malton, 1792 [i.e. 1802]., and Sheet trimmed with loss of imprint statement.
Publisher:
Published Novr. 5th, 1798, by T. Malton
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., and London (England)
Subject (Topic):
Commercial facilities and Arcades (Architectural components)
An album of twenty watercolors recording the 1826 journey to England by the Delahaye family of Pierrefitte, France. A family friend, Gaudissard traveled with them from their home near Saint-Denis, carefully recording the sights they saw across the Channel. His drawings include landscapes, cityscapes, and various views, each inscribed with a caption. Scenes of London include a depiction of a typical city street, St. James's Palace from the Pall Mall, the interior of the Tower of London, and the interior of the Henry VII Chapel at Westminster Palace. He captured the countryside near Richmond, the seaside at Brighton and the Royal Pavilion there, Windsor Castle and a view of London as seen from Windsor, and Christopher Wren's Monument in London, as seen from Greenwich. Gaudissard shows his pictorial range with a night scene of Brighton and a depiction of a strenuous boat race on the Thames. Among other images are the Duke of Devonshire's menagerie at Chiswick House, only in existence between 1811 and 1836, featuring an elephant and a monkey, and an Anglican priest in the pulpit at Canterbury. Two drawings depict friends at Pierrefitte wave goodbye to the Delahaye carriage as it departs, and then welcoming the family with open arms upon their return home. The album's frontispiece features a classic coach-and-four alighting into the English mist, and at the end a record of the family's departure from Dover, its White Cliffs in the background, aboard an early steamship and Accompanied by a 16-page letter dated 1826, written in French, addressed by Madame L. Delahaye to her friend Alexandrine upon the Delahayes' return from England. The letter recounts the family's journey in great detail from start to finish, and includes several mentions of the lively participation of Gaudissard. Also present is a single leaf, written approximately 1850, describing the genesis of the album and brief biographical sketch of the artist
Alternative Title:
Souvenirs de l'Angleterre
Description:
The caricaturist Michel René Gaudissard (1774-1848) used the pseudonym Godissart de Cari (or G de Cari...). He was called the "French Hogarth" and "the greatest master of French caricature during the early 19th century" (Deberdt). He is principally known for his biting caricatures of the English and their odd habits, especially as seen in his collection of engravings Le Musée grotesque (1816-1820)., In French., Title gold stamped on front cover and from text in the first drawing entitled "Frontispiece.", Bound in contemporary brown sheep, gilt spine and gilt cover borders with title stamped on front: Souvenirs de l'Angleterre. With binder's ticket on inside front cover: Rue de Cléry, no. 7 pres celle Montmatre, Binant, Md. de Papiers, Fournitures de Burcaux de Paris., and For further information, consult library staff.
"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 of the western side of one of the large galleries occupied by females, in the hospital in Old Street, London; women patients occupy the space in various states of distress; a few nurses work on the few beds laid out; a man stands in right corner inspecting the scene."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Saint Luke's Hospital
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 121., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 77., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Hospitals, interior -- Patients, psychiatric., 1 print : aquatint with etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 23.3 x 27.5 cm., and Plate number erased from upper right corner of sheet?
Publisher:
Pub. Augt. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Great Britain., England, and London.
"View of the western side of one of the large galleries occupied by females, in the hospital in Old Street, London; women patients occupy the space in various states of distress; a few nurses work on the few beds laid out; a man stands in right corner inspecting the scene."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Saint Luke's Hospital
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 121., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 77., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Hospitals, interior -- Patients, psychiatric.
Publisher:
Pub. Augt. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Great Britain., England, and London.
"Interior view of St Martin's in the Fields, looking east; Corinthian columns supporting the roof and galleries, the roof decorated with fret-work; the altar at far end with stained glass window above; during a service."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
St. Martin-in-the-Fields and Saint Martins in the Fields
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 79., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 130.
Publisher:
Pub. Augt. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Church : Westminster, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Churches, Interiors, Religious services, Stained glass, Columns, Altars, Ceilings, and Pulpits
"Interior view of St Paul's; groups of people walk around cathedral admiring architecture and monuments."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Saint Paul's Cathedral
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 80., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 145.
Publisher:
Pub. Augt. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"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
"View of the interior of the church; large Corinthian columns supporting upper gallery; the pews filled for the service."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
St. Stephen Walbrook and Saint Stephen Walbrook
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 90., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 208.
Publisher:
Pub. Novr. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Saint Stephen Walbrook (Church : London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Churches, Interiors, Religious services, Pews, and Columns
