"View of London from the park, elegantly dressed figures on hill in foreground, the observatory on a hill to the left, the Old Royal Naval College at the end of the park and the Thames and the City of London beyond."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vü̈e de Londres, de Westminster, &c. du côte de la montagne appellée One-Tree Hill dans le Parc de Greenwich
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Westminster (London, England), Thames River (England),, Greenwich Park (London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich, and Royal Observatory, Greenwich,
Subject (Topic):
Parks, Hospitals, Hills, and Astronomical observatories
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1780?]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 129. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Landscape, with rolling hills dotted with trees in the distance, a cloud-filled sky above. Several houses sit at the base of the hills, in the middle distance at left; a field separates the houses from a river, which curves from the left towards the c...
"A maid in simple dress sitting in profile to right on a rock in a hilly landscape, holding the handle of a bucket on the ground beside her, a figure on horseback on a path about to crest the hill in the distance at right; circular design after Henry ...
