<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>A perspective view of St. Mary's Church in the Strand, near the Royal Palace of Somerset, London Vüe de L'Eglise de St. Marie dans le Strand, proche le Palais Royal de Somerset a Londres / [graphic] =</dc:title><dc:creator>Maurer, J. active 1713-1761, printmaker, artist</dc:creator><dc:date>publish'd according to act of Parliament, 1753.</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:language>fre</dc:language><dc:description>"View on the Strand looking towards St Mary's Church, with Somerset House on the right, a sedan chair on street to left, a carriage to the right, elegantly dressed figures and street traders on street."--British Museum online catalogue</dc:description><dc:description>Titles etched below image, in English and French.</dc:description><dc:description>Later state; remnants of burnished imprint visible at bottom of plate.</dc:description><dc:description>Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve perspective views of the principal churches, streets, and squares in the cities of London and Westminster", 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, pages 87, no. 10.</dc:description><dc:description>Plate numbered "5" in upper right corner.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>