"View down Portland Place, looking north, the view unobscured by other buildings; a small crowd gathers to watch a man taunting a bear on the street to the left, a couple of carriages in street"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker, publisher and date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint., and Plate from: A picturesque tour through the cities of London and Westminster. London: T. Malton, 1792 [i.e. 1802].
A fox runs away holding in its mouth the embroided bag with the Great Seal. Thurlow, in the Chancellor's robes leans out the window on the right crying, "stop thief." A reference to the theft of the Seal from the Chancellor's house on the eve of the dissolution of the Parliament, attributed to Charles Fox and his friends
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., and Mounted to 29 x 38 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 25, 1784 by J Wallis N 16 Ludgate Street
Subject (Geographic):
England, London, Ormond Street., and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806. and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Streets, Politics and government, Foxes, and Robberies
"View looking across the south side of the churchyard from Paul's Chain to Watling Street, with part of the portico of the cathedral on the left, carriages wait around edge of yard; a sign on the edge of a building on the far right reads 'Pellatt & Green Glass and China Warehouse.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Attribution to Hornor and approximate date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., and Mounted to 29 x 52 cm.
"View showing the east front of the church, with Temple Bar in the distance on the left"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Saint Dunstans, Fleet Street
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: A picturesque tour through the cities of London and Westminster. London: T. Malton, 1792 [i.e. 1802]., and Mounted to 30 x 42 cm.
"View down St James's Street, looking south, with Brooks's Club built by Henry Holland on the right and Boodle's Club on the left, St James's Palace in the distance"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Saint James's Street
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]., The Lewis Walpole Library impression: sheet trimmed with loss of imprint statement., and Mounted to 30 x 41 cm.
Page 83. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Temple Bar du côté du couchant
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Beeverell, J. Les délices de la Grande Bretagne, & de l'Irlande. A Leide : Chez Pierre Vander Aa, MDCCVII [1707], v. 4, opposite page 834., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted to 32 x 26 cm., Mounted on page 83 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?]., and Note in ink below image, on mounting page: Temple, Ludgate Hill, and St. Pauls, 1730.
"View in Cheapside, looking down the wide street with the church on the right, the old shop signs over-hanging the pavements on either side."--British Museum online catalogue, description of another print of identical composition
Alternative Title:
Eglise de St. Marie le Bow dans Cheapside, London
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 "10" in upper right corner., Watermark: Curteis & Son 1806., and Leaf 41 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), Cheapside (London, England),, England, and London.
"View along Cheapside; the church on the right; carriages and carts in street"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Église de St. Marie le Bow dans Cheapside, Londres
Description:
Title from caption below image., First two letters in printmaker's signature form a monogram., Imprint from impression in the British Museum., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., The Lewis Walpole Library impression: sheet trimmed with loss of imprint statement., and Mounted to 29 x 44 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for Tho. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, John Bowles & Son in Cornhill, R. Sayer in Fleet Street
"Exterior view of the Royal Exchange; looking down a busy street with carriages, carts and pedestrians, St Paul's Cathedral in the distance to the left, the prominent entrance of the Royal Exchange with tower to right; in right foreground a man enters a shop with the sign "John's Coffee"; after Loutherbourg and Chapman; published etched state."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Perspective view of the outside of the Royal Exchange in London
Description:
Title from dedication below image. and Companion print to: Perspective view of the inside of the Royal Exchange in London.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs August 12, 1788, & sold by Mr. Chapman at Mr. Christie's, Pall Mall
Subject (Geographic):
City of London (England), England, London, and London.
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806,, Royal Exchange (London, England),, and St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, Stock exchanges, Streets, Stores & shops, City & town life, People associated with manual labor, Carriages & coaches, and Signs (Notices)
