Maurer, John, active 1720-1742, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
published according to act of Parliament, 1754, for Stowes Survey.
Call Number:
Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title:
Page 181. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View in the park with spectators watching the parade, as George II makes his way to the House of Lords, showing the Horse Guards and the Treasury."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe de la parade dans le Parc de St. James : le Treser, le nouveau batiment de Gardes a Cheval, et la procession du Roy allant a la Chambre des Seigneurs
Description:
Titles engraved below image, in English and French., "An earlier state of this print was first listed in John Bowles's catalogue for 1753, in the series 'Perspective Views in and about London', p.44, number 19"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: R,9.27., Plate from: A survey of the cities of London and Westminster, and the borough of Southwark. London : Printed for W. Innys and J. Richardson [etc.], 1754-55., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Plate numbered "5" beneath lower right corner of image., Folded to 25.5 x 24.5 cm; mounted to 32 x 26 cm., and Mounted on page 181 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Publisher:
W. Innys and J. Richardson, etc.
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Saint James's Park (London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760,, Horse Guards (London, England : Building),, and Great Britain. Treasury
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, Parks, Government facilities, Soldiers, Parades & processions, Spectators, and Carriages & coaches
"De cet ouvrage, il a été tiré: 28 exemplaires sur Montval ... 50 exemplaires sur Arches ... 915 exemplaires sur Velin pur fil Lafuma Frères LLLL"--Colophon., Exemplaire Velin pur fil Lafuma Frères LLL 306. Paperbound., and Illustrated t.p.
Clarissa. French, Histoire de Miss Clarisse Harlove, and Lettres angloises
Description:
"Eloge" by Diderot., Abridged translation, by Prévost d'Exiles, of: Clarissa., Binding with unidentified arms. From the library of Walter L. Pforzheimer., False imprint. Printed in Paris for Cazin. Cf. Bibliographie générale des petits-formats dits Cazins. Le petit -format à figures; collection parisienne in -18 (vraie collection de Cazin), p. 137., and Frontispiece portrait signed: C. Duponchel.
Publisher:
Cazin],
Subject (Name):
Cazin, Hubert-Martin, 1724-1795., Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784., Duponchel, Charles Eugène, 1748-, Pforzheimer, Walter L.--(Walter Lionel),--1914-2003--Ownership., Pforzheimer, Walter--Ownership., and Prévost, abbé, 1697-1763.
Clarissa. French, Histoire de Miss Clarisse Harlove, and Lettres angloises
Description:
"Eloge" by Diderot., Abridged translation, by Prévost d'Exiles, of: Clarissa., Binding with unidentified arms. From the library of Walter L. Pforzheimer., False imprint. Printed in Paris for Cazin. Cf. Bibliographie générale des petits-formats dits Cazins. Le petit -format à figures; collection parisienne in -18 (vraie collection de Cazin), p. 137., and Frontispiece portrait signed: C. Duponchel.
Publisher:
Cazin],
Subject (Name):
Cazin, Hubert-Martin, 1724-1795., Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784., Duponchel, Charles Eugène, 1748-, Pforzheimer, Walter L.--(Walter Lionel),--1914-2003--Ownership., Pforzheimer, Walter--Ownership., and Prévost, abbé, 1697-1763.
Title inscribed in frame above image., Publication date from book in which this plate was published., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Inscription in French on oval ribbon framing the image: Sa mathematique est l'epreuve. Sort, tu nous es dubieux au bout ..., Six lines of verse in Dutch below image: Ik speel voor man en wyf, als onbestuve weew ..., Plate 17 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 2., and Mounted to 43 x 27 cm., mounted again to 47 x 31 cm.