North front of Bedford House, Bloomsbury Square [graphic]

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Title: North front of Bedford House, Bloomsbury Square [graphic]
Creator: Howlett, Bartholomew, 1767-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Wilkinson, Robert, -approximately 1825, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 December 1822]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published December 1, 1822, by R. Wilkinson, No. 125, Fenchurch Street
Abstract: "Façade of the house from the forecourt; steps leading up to entrance; three men on horseback below a window to right of entrance gesturing up towards two women who look down towards them"--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from caption below image.
Text below title: This mansion, which for more than a century was the town residence of the noble family of Russel Earls and Dukes of Bedford, was built ...
"Engraved from the original drawing purchased at the sale in Bedford House, & now in the possession of the publisher, R. Wilkinson."
Sheet trimmed to plate mark on two edges leaving thread margins.
Plate from: Londina illustrata : graphic and historic memorials of monasteries, churches, chapels, schools ... London: R. Wilkinson, 1819-25.
Provenance: Suckling; November 1936.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 265 x 324 mm, on sheet 276 x 343 mm
Language: English

Access: Public
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