This cityscape depicts a view of Westminster Bridge built in 1739-1750 with private funding under the direction of Swiss engineer Thomas Page. The painting features one of the stone arches that characterize the structure the bridge and frames a view of the city of Westminster in the distance. Abundant activity on the Thames includes several boats and barges loaded with goods. Figures on the bridge include a man on a ladder working on a lantern at the top of a pier
Alternative Title:
Westminister Bridge
Description:
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal., A second, autograph copy of this composition is at the Yale Center for British Art. See https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:365, and Temporary local subject terms: arches | architectural subject | baskets | bathers | boats | bridge (built work) | buildings | city | cityscape | costume | drinking | food | genre subject | leisure | men | nude | pipe | platform | river | smoking (activity) | swimmers | swimming | tankard | women.
"View of a promenade lined with trees next to the River Thames, looking towards the York Buildings water-works and the tower of the old steam engine on the right, with the York Water Gate in front; on the left is the river with Westminster Bridge in the distance."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.1366., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark and mutilated in lower left corner, resulting in slight loss of title. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Mounted to 24 x 35 cm., and Leaf 61 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Strand, The (London, England),, Thames River (England),, Westminster Bridge (London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
York-Buildings Company.
Subject (Topic):
Rivers, Hydraulic facilities, Bridges, Walkways, Stairways, Trees, and Boats
"A view of London through one of the arches of Westminster Bridge, with boats on the Thames and lumber yards on the right; St Paul's in the distance on the right, and the prominent steeples of other churches lettered with a number for identification"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
This view of the city of London, taken through one of the centers of the arches of the new bridge at Westminster ...
Description:
Title from dedication engraved below image., Key with the names of the churches numbered within image is etched on either side of dedication., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Brindley, Bookseller to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales in New Bond Str
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Westminster Bridge (London, England),, and Thames River (England),
A view looking east of Westminster Bridge and both banks, with small boats and barges in the foreground
Alternative Title:
Vue du Pont de Westminster
Description:
Title from caption below image., Three lines of text in French below image providing statistics on the design and construction of the bridge: Ce pont que l'on met au nombre des plus beaux de l'Europe ... fini le 18 Nov. 1750., and Date of publication based on date of completion of the bridge depicted.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., and Westminster Bridge (London, England),
publish'd according to act of Parliament, June 1, 1750.
Call Number:
Topos L847 no. 117+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View down the River Thames looking towards Westminster, with Somerset House on the right, Westminster Abbey and Bridge in mid-distance; many boats on the water, a pontoon in foreground to left"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Veüe de Westminster vers le sud est : depuis le Palais de Somerset au Pont Neuf
Description:
Titles from text below image, in English and French.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
Westminster Bridge (London, England), and Thames River (England),
Subject (Name):
Westminster Abbey, and Somerset House (London, England),
Page 185. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Birds'-eye view down the River Thames, looking towards Westminster; Somerset House is seen on the right, with Westminster Abbey and Bridge in the mid-distance; many boats are on the water
Alternative Title:
Southeast prospect of Westminster
Description:
Title etched below image., "Engrav'd for the Universal Magazine, for J. Hinton in Newgate Street"--Above image., Date of publication from the Yale Center for British Art online catalog., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text from upper margin. Missing text supplied from impression at the Yale Center for British Art, accession no.: B1998.14.676., Mounted to 26 x 32 cm., and Mounted on page 185 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?].
Publisher:
J. Hinton
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Thames River (England),, and Westminster Bridge (London, England),
"View of Westminster Bridge from the centre of the Thames; a number of small boats in foreground; Westminster Abbey and Hall beyond bridge to the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe du Pont de Westminster du cote du nord
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Date of publication from description of 19th-century reissue by Francis West; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1875,0508.1462., 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 "3" in upper right corner., and Leaf 22 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), Thames River (England),, Westminster Bridge (London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Westminster Abbey, and Westminster Hall (London, England),
"View of the gardens fronting Somerset House, with the River Thames on the left, Westminster Abbey and Bridge in the distance on the left, and Somerset House and gardens on the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe de Jarden Royal de Somerset, du cote de la riviere
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Later state; remnants of burnished imprint visible at bottom of plate., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve perspective views of the principal churches, streets, and squares in the cities of London and Westminster", 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, pages 87, no. 10., Plate numbered "12" in upper right corner., Watermark: 1817., Leaf 43 in an album of views of London and its vicinity., and Pencil annotation below plate line, in a later hand: Old Somerset House.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Thames River (England),, Westminster Bridge (London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Somerset House (London, England), and Westminster Abbey,
Subject (Topic):
Gardens, Rivers, Castles & palaces, Bridges, and Boats
"View of the bridge from mid-stream on the Thames; the City Barge and other boats in foreground, Westminster Abbey beyond bridge to the right, and Lambeth House further along the riverbank to the left"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Publisher and date of publication from that of the volume in which print appears., Plate from: Maitland, W. The history and survey of London from its foundation to the present time ... London : Printed for T. Osborne, 1760., Six columns of descriptive text, three on each side of title, etched below image., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
T. Osborne
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., Westminster Bridge (London, England),, and London (England)
publishd. according to act of Parliament, Feby. 25, 1761.
Call Number:
761.02.25.01++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Old Westminster Bridge; a stone bridge with round arches in the middle ground, houses lining the river bank on the right and several ships, including one in the foreground with sails and a man plying an oar, laden with barrels, a man in a small boat on the right waving at a woman who stands in a doorway in the embankment."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., and Westminster Bridge (London, England),
