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1. A perspective view of [the] parade in St. James's Park the Treasury, the new buildings for the Horse Guards, and His Majesty going to the House of Lords = 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 / [graphic]
- Creator:
- 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
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A perspective view of [the] parade in St. James's Park the Treasury, the new buildings for the Horse Guards, and His Majesty going to the House of Lords = 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 / [graphic]
2. A view from Constitution Hill anno 1735 / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Scott, Edmund, approximately 1746-1810, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 June 1779]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 L847 750
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 63. London and its environs about 1750.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "View in Green Park as it appeared in 1735, looking towards Westminster Abbey, only one of its towers completed, with Buckingham House before it became a royal residence at mid-distance on the right; a cow being milked in foreground to right."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The Antiquarian repertory. London : Printed for the proprietors and sold by F. Blyth [etc.], 1775-1784, v. 3., Mounted to 24 x 37 cm., Leaf 63 in an album of views of London and its vicinity., and Pencil annotation on mounting sheet, in a later hand: Before the towers of West. Abbey were finished.
- Publisher:
- Published 1st June 1779 by Richd. Godfrey, No. 120 Long Acre
- Subject (Geographic):
- London (England) and Green Park (London, England),
- Subject (Name):
- Westminster Abbey, and Buckingham Palace (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Cows
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view from Constitution Hill anno 1735 / [graphic]
3. Bow Church [graphic]
- Creator:
- Kip, Johannes, 1653-1722, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1720]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 724 771N
- Collection Title:
- Page 138. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "View of the church of St Mary-le-Bow in Cheapside, London; figures and carriages on street in foreground; shops adjoining church to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched at top of image., Plate from: Stow, J. A survey of the cities of London and Westminster. London : Printed for A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, [and 5 others in London], 1720, v. 1, book 3, opposite page 25., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of printmaker's signature from lower right. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1978,U.3633., "V 1: B 3: p. 25."--Upper right corner., Folded to 31.8 x 20.7 cm; mounted to 32 x 26 cm., and Mounted on page 138 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:
- A. Churchill, etc.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- St. Mary-le-Bow (Church : London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Churches and Carriages & coaches
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Bow Church [graphic]
4. Harrow school [graphic]
- Creator:
- Stadler, Joseph Constantine, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 June 1816]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Print shows a building at Harrow with four figures in the foreground and five in the distance
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The history of the colleges of Winchester, Eton, and Westminster. London : Printed for and published by R. Ackermann ..., MDCCCXVI [1816]., Joseph Constantine Stadler was a German painter and engraver who worked in London., Window mounted to 36 x 51 cm., Mounted opposite page 3 (leaf numbered '31' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan., and Imperfect; imprint statement partially worn away from sheet.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. June 1, 1816, at 101 Strand, for R. Ackermann's History of Harrow School
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Harrow School.
- Subject (Topic):
- Schools
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Harrow school [graphic]
5. Lacy House in Middlesex, the seat of Richard Brindsley Sheridan Esqr [graphic]
- Creator:
- Angus, William, 1752-1821, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1 November 1793]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- View from the Thames of Lacy House, formerly in the County of Middlesex, with boats on the river in the foreground. Built in 1750 for James Lacy, co-owner of the Drury Lane Theatre, the mansion was later home to the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate from: Angus, W. The seats of the nobility and gentry in Great Britain and Wales... [London] : Published by W. Angus, Gwynne's Buildings, Islington, Feby 1, 1787[-97]., "Pl. XXXVI"--Upper right corner., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm; mounted below is the page of descriptive letterpress text that accompanied the print in the volume., and Mounted opposite page 518 (leaf numbered '117' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Publisher:
- Published as the act directs Novr. 1st, 1793, by W. Angus, No. 4 Gwynne's Buildings, Islington
- Subject (Name):
- Lacy, James, 1696-1774 and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Dwellings, and Estates
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Lacy House in Middlesex, the seat of Richard Brindsley Sheridan Esqr [graphic]
6. Part of Christs Hospital taken from the Stewards Office 1765 [graphic]
- Creator:
- Green, Benjamin, 1739-1798, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 January 1793]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 724 793 P37 Copy 1
- Collection Title:
- Opposite page 205. Some account of London.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "View in an oval frame, showing different parts of the school and hospital on Newgate Street, London; an arcade at the back lines one side of the courtyard, pupils and school masters in yard; below a paragraph on the history of the building, from a separate plate; illustration to Smith's 'Antiquities of London'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- View of the library founded in 1429 by Richard Whittington
- Description:
- Title etched within lower border of oval image., Heading to six lines of engraved text on a separate plate (7.5 x 17.5 cm), printed beneath plate with image: A view of the library founded in 1429 by Richard Whittington., Citation at bottom of text on separate plate: See Pennants London 3d edition., Plate from: Smith, J.T. Antiquities of London and its environs. London : Pubd. by J. Sewell [etc.], 1791[-1800]., and Bound in opposite page 205 in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Pennant, T. Some account of London.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Jany. 1, 1793, by N. Smith, Gt. Mays Buildings, St. Martins Lane
- Subject (Geographic):
- London (England), England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Christ's Hospital (London, England),, Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798., Whittington, Richard, -1423., and Christ's Hospital (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Schools, Hospitals, Libraries, Courtyards, Students, and Teachers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Part of Christs Hospital taken from the Stewards Office 1765 [graphic]
7. The Wykeham or Winchester Tower. North east view part of the repairs, alterations and improvements of Windsor Castle, in the reigns of King George IV, King William IV, and Queen Victoria / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Kernot, J. H., printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1841]
- Call Number:
- Topos B513 no. 2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- View of Winchester Tower, Windsor Castle, from the north east; two women and a dog on the terrace to the right; a gravel walkway in the foreground
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Proof state of a plate issued in: Wyatville, J. Illustrations of Windsor Castle. London : Published for the son in law and executors of Sir Jeffry Wyatville by John Weale, Architectural Library, 59, High Holborn, London, MDCCCXLI [1841]., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., The Lewis Walpole Library: From the Topographical Prints collection., and With contemporary notes in pencil indicating changes to be made to the plate; these changes include a softening of lines on parts of the tower, a clearing out of some of the windows of the tower, and an overall reduction in plate size. A desired removal of dark markings and evening out of the gravel walkway in the foreground is indicated by the addition of white paint(?).
- Publisher:
- John Weale
- Subject (Name):
- Windsor Castle,
- Subject (Topic):
- Castles & palaces
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Wykeham or Winchester Tower. North east view part of the repairs, alterations and improvements of Windsor Castle, in the reigns of King George IV, King William IV, and Queen Victoria / [graphic]
8. The Wykeham or Winchester Tower. North west view part of the repairs, alterations and improvements of Windsor Castle, in the reigns of King George IV, King William IV, and Queen Victoria / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Kernot, J. H., printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1841]
- Call Number:
- Topos B513 no. 1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- View of Winchester Tower, Windsor Castle, from the north west; the Norman Gate in the background on the left; trees below the tower in the foreground
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Proof state of a plate issued in: Wyatville, J. Illustrations of Windsor Castle. London : Published for the son in law and executors of Sir Jeffry Wyatville by John Weale, Architectural Library, 59, High Holborn, London, MDCCCXLI [1841]., The Lewis Walpole Library: From the Topographical Prints collection., and With contemporary notes in pencil indicating changes to be made to the plate, including a softening of lines on parts of the tower and an overall reduction in plate size. A desired change to the clouds in the sky is indicated by the addition of white paint(?).
- Publisher:
- John Weale
- Subject (Name):
- Windsor Castle,
- Subject (Topic):
- Castles & palaces
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Wykeham or Winchester Tower. North west view part of the repairs, alterations and improvements of Windsor Castle, in the reigns of King George IV, King William IV, and Queen Victoria / [graphic]
9. The west front of the Mathematical School, Christs Hospital, 1775 [graphic]
- Creator:
- Green, Benjamin, 1739-1798, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1 January 1793]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 724 793 P37 Copy 1
- Collection Title:
- Opposite page 206. Some account of London.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "View in an oval frame, showing the school building, part of Christ's Hospital on Newgate Street, London; a school master with a group of boys in coats in foreground, a church steeple in the background; below a paragraph on the history of the building, from a separate plate; illustration to Smith's 'Antiquities of London'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Sir Robert Clayton, Knt. Alderman of London
- Description:
- Title etched within lower border of oval image., Heading to nine lines of engraved text on a separate plate (7.4 x 17.4 cm), printed beneath plate with image: Sir Robert Clayton, Knt. Alderman of London., Citation at bottom of text on separate plate: See Pennants London, 3 edition., Plate from: Smith, J.T. Antiquities of London and its environs. London : Pubd. by J. Sewell [etc.], 1791[-1800]., and Bound in opposite page 206 in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Pennant, T. Some account of London.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Jany. 1 - 1793 by N. Smith, Gt. Mays Buildings, St. Martins Lane
- Subject (Geographic):
- London (England), England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Christ's Hospital (London, England),, Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798., Clayton, Robert, Sir, 1629-1707., and Christ's Hospital (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Schools, Linen, Hospitals, Students, and Teachers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The west front of the Mathematical School, Christs Hospital, 1775 [graphic]