The Royal Palace of Hampton Court Le Palais Royale de Hampton Court. [graphic] =

Description

Title: The Royal Palace of Hampton Court Le Palais Royale de Hampton Court. [graphic] =
Alternative Title: Palais Royale de Hampton Court
Contributor: Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Published / Created: [not before 1747]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Abstract: "View of the palace from the surrounding formal gardens; a brick wall dividing gardens, a fountain and paths in gardens outside palace to the left; in the foreground two trees to the right, figures strolling amongst it and in formal gardens to the left and beyond."--British Museum online catalogue, description of another print of identical composition
Description: Titles etched below image, in English and French.
Date of publication based on Robert Sayer's earliest year of activity. The address "near Sergeants Inn, Fleet Street" only appears on his very early prints; see British Museum online catalogue.
Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve views of his Majesty's palaces and royal hospitals, and other public buildings in London, &c.", 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, page 87, no. 9.
Plate numbered "7" in upper right corner.
Leaf 52 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Provenance: Formerly owned by James Comerford, with his armorial bookplate in the volume. Thorp; July 1937.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17.3 x 27.5 cm, on sheet 24 x 39 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English
French