A perspective view of St. James's Square Vüe de la Place de St. James's / [graphic] =Maurer, J. active 1713-1761, printmaker, artistpublish'd according to act of Parliament, [1753]engfre"Perspective view of St James's Square, looking north, the spire of St James's Church visible in the distance."--British Museum online catalogueTitles engraved below image, in English and French.Later state, with imprint burnished from plate. For an earlier state with the imprint "London, Printed for Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck facing Fetter Lane, Fleet Street", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.2201.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.Plate numbered "9" in upper right corner.Watermark: 1817.Leaf 40 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.Pencil annotation below plate line, in a later hand: Curious.