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11.
A north view of Westminster Bridge Vüe du Pont de Westminster du cote du nord. [graphic] =

Published / Created:
[1753]
Call Number:
Folio 75 L847 750
Collection Title:
Leaf 22. London and its environs about 1750.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"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),
Subject (Topic):
Bridges, Rivers, and Boats
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A north view of Westminster Bridge Vüe du Pont de Westminster du cote du nord. [graphic] =

12.
A perspective view of Westminster Hall with both houses of Parliament assembled on the tryal of

Published / Created:
[1747]
Call Number:
747.03.00.03.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item. and Publication date based on Carington Bowles's succession to Thomas Bowles's business in 1764. See Ian Maxted's The London book trades, 1775-1800, p. 25.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Westminster Hall (London, England), and Lovat, Simon Fraser, Lord, 1667?-1747
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Legislative bodies, Legislative hearings, and Trials, litigation, etc
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A perspective view of Westminster Hall with both houses of Parliament assembled on the tryal of Simon Lord Lovat also a view of the peeresses, their daughters, the foreign ambassadors & the rest of [the] numerous company as they were ranged on the scaffolding erected on that solemn occasion. [graphic]

13.
A prospect of the inside of Westminster Hall, shewing how the King and Queen with the nobility and

Published / Created:
[between 1752 and 1764]
Call Number:
752.00.00.24
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Interior of Westminster Hall depicting the banquet following the coronation of James II."--British Museum online catalogue and "One of a series of four prints, all based on the large plates in Sandford's 'History of the Coronation', first published by Bowles as a composite plate in the series 'London Described' (see Adams 29.8). The plate used in Sandford's book had a shorter title, no text in lower margin, and was inscribed 'S Moore fecit'."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved above image., Reissue of a plate first published ca. 1723 by John Bowles., Date of publication based on the mention of "John Bowles & Son", a partnership that lasted from 1752 to 1764. See British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Key to the illustration engraved below image., Plate numbered "4" in upper right corner., and Mounted on board to 29.2 x 26.0 cm
Publisher:
Printed for T. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, & John Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhil
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
James II, King of England, 1633-1701 and Westminster Hall (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Coronation, Banquets, and Coronations
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A prospect of the inside of Westminster Hall, shewing how the King and Queen with the nobility and other did sit at dinner on the day of the coronation also the manner of the Champions performing the Ceremony of Challenge whilst the King &c. were at dinner. The whole taken from Sandford. [graphic]

14.
Daniels dilivery [sic] [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1763]
Call Number:
763.05.00.08
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Daniels delivery
Description:
Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark in upper left corner only., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Reduced copy, with abbreviated title, of no. 4055 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Wilkes's house -- Trials: the trial of John Wilkes, 1763 -- Personifications: Fame -- Reference to Chief Justice Pratt -- Reference to Serjeant Glynn -- Allusion to the Brazen Head -- Busts: bust of Lord Bute -- Emblems: Scotch thistle -- Reference to excise -- British Lion., and Mounted to 31 x 42 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Egremont, Charles Wyndham, Earl of, 1710-1763, Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771, Grenville, George, 1712-1770, and Westminster Hall (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Daniels dilivery [sic] [graphic].