A perspective view of the Royal Garden of Somerset, next the river Vüe de Jarden Royal de Somerset, du cote de la riviere / [graphic] =

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Title: A perspective view of the Royal Garden of Somerset, next the river Vüe de Jarden Royal de Somerset, du cote de la riviere / [graphic] =
Alternative Title: Vüe de Jarden Royal de Somerset, du cote de la riviere
Creator: Maurer, J. active 1713-1761, printmaker, artist
Published / Created: publish'd according to act of Parliament, [1753]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "View of the gardens fronting Somerset House, with the River Thames on the left, Westminster Abbey and Bridge in the distance on the left, and Somerset House and gardens on the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Titles etched below image, in English and French.
Later state; remnants of burnished imprint visible at bottom of plate.
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 "12" in upper right corner.
Watermark: 1817.
Leaf 43 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Pencil annotation below plate line, in a later hand: Old Somerset House.
Provenance: Formerly owned by James Comerford, with his armorial bookplate in the volume. Thorp; July 1937.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 16.5 x 27.8 cm, on sheet 24 x 39 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English
French