"View showing the north front of Bethlem Hospital, looking across the gardens; figures in foreground and on paths outside hospital."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
View of the hospital of Bethlem and Vü̈e de hopital de Bethlehem
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.4016., 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., Imperfect; plate number erased from upper right corner of sheet. Missing number supplied from impression in the British Museum., Plate numbered "5" in upper right corner., and Leaf 16 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck, near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street