<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Guys Hospital for Incurables [graphic].</dc:title><dc:creator>Nicholls, Sutton, printmaker</dc:creator><dc:date>[1754]</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>"A bird's eye view of the central block of Guy's Hospital built by Thomas Dance, 1722-2, seen from outside the main entrance; a few figures in foreground."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state</dc:description><dc:description>Title from text etched within banner at top of image.</dc:description><dc:description>Attribution to Sutton Nicholls based on similar prints in The Lewis Walpole Library bearing his signature; cf. Lewis Walpole Library Topos L847 no. 28+. A questionable attribution to Thomas Bowles III is noted in the description of an earlier state in the British Museum online catalogue.</dc:description><dc:description>Later state, with imprint removed and plate number added, of a plate originally published in 1728 by John Bowles as part of his "London Described" series of prints (title page dated 1731); cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: G,2.43. See also: Adams, B. London illustrated, 1604-1851, 29.43.</dc:description><dc:description>Plate from: Stow, J. A survey of the cities of London and Westminster, and the borough of Southwark. London, Printed for W. Innys and J. Richardson [etc.], 1754-55.</dc:description><dc:description>Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of plate number from lower right. Plate number supplied from another impression bound in Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 646 754 St7.</dc:description><dc:description>Plate numbered "100" in lower right.</dc:description><dc:description>Window mounted to 36 x 48 cm.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>