"View of the garden with figures promenading at the banks of the river, a building with lantern tower at left, figures punting before a footbridge in the centre, the river turning to right in the distance"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of the same composition
Alternative Title:
Veuë de la derriere façade de la Cassina, et d'une partie de la Riviere Serpentine, terminée par le cascade dans les jardins du Comte de Burlington, a Chiswick
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Approximate date of publication from British Museum online catalogue.
Publisher:
Printed for John Ryall at Hogarth's Head in Fleet Street, John Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhil [sic], T. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, & Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet-Street
"A circular building (the Rotunda) in the background and a Chinese structure on a lake reached by a bridge"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe du canal, du bâtiment, Chinois, de la Rotunda, &c. des Jardins de Ranelagh, un jour de masquarade
Description:
Title from caption below image., Terminal date of publication based on printseller's street address. See British Museum online catalogue., Later reissue of a print published in 1752. See British Museum online catalogue., "Publish'd according to act of Parliament"--Below image., and Plate numbered "74" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
A view of Ranelagh Gardens during a masquarade, with the revellers wearing masks. After a design by Canaletto. For an engraving of the same scene in reverse, published by Robert Sayer in 1752, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.2450
Alternative Title:
View of the canal, Chinese building, rotunda, &c. in Ranelagh Gardens, with masquerade, Vüe du canal, du batiment chinois, de la rotunda, &c. des Jardins de Ranelagh, un jour de masquarade, and Masquerade angloise
Description:
Title etched below image., Additional title "Masquerade angloise" at top of plate, etched as a mirror image., Signed in lower right corner with an illegible printmaker's signature., Date of publication from dealer's description., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides., A 'vuë d'optique', designed to be viewed through an optical viewer that gives a sense of depth perspective; the scene is reversed, as is the additional title at top., Manuscript number "9" written in ink at bottom of sheet, centered., Mounted on board., and Windows of the rotunda in image cut out by hand and inset with hand-painted multi-color inserts, which appear illuminated when a light is held from behind.
"View showing the north front of Bethlem Hospital, looking across the gardens; figures in foreground and on paths outside hospital."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
View of the hospital of Bethlem and Vü̈e de hopital de Bethlehem
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.4016., 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., Imperfect; plate number erased from upper right corner of sheet. Missing number supplied from impression in the British Museum., Plate numbered "5" in upper right corner., and Leaf 16 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
