"View at the entrance to the bridge, looking across the river towards Putney; people passing in foreground including a man with a donkey, and a milkmaid with yoke and pails."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Veüe du Pont de Fulham regardant Putney
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 "Views of villages, noblemen and gentlemen's seats, &c. situate on, or near the river Thames", 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 88, no. 13., Plate numbered "6" in upper right corner., Mounted to 24 x 38 cm., and Leaf 7 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Putney (London, England), Thames River (England), England, and London.
Subject (Topic):
Rivers, Bridges, Pedestrians, Sailboats, and Rowboats
Titles from text below image, in English and French., "No. 32"--Lower right corner., No. 22, "Mr. and Mrs. George Morton Pitt," on Edith McKeon Abbott's map: Horace Walpole's Twickenham 1747-1797, in v. 42 of the Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980., and Watermark: G.R.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament & sold by J. Boydell, Engraver at the Unicorn, the corner of Queen Street, Cheapside
"View of Grosvenor Square with a circular garden in the centre"--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state of the same composition
Alternative Title:
Vüe de la Place de Grosvenor a Londres
Description:
Title from caption below image., Probably a later reissue of a print published 1 December 1751. See British Museum online catalogue., "Publish'd according to act of Parliament"--Below image., and Plate numbered "30" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
Page 153. 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 old façade of Guildhall with the Chapel, Blackwell Hall, and the old Law Courts; elegantly dressed figures in foreground with a decorative carriage approaching the arched entrance."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
View of Guildhall in King Street, London
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The gentleman's magazine, or, Monthly intelligencer. London : Printed by Edw. Cave ..., v. 21 (January 1751), page 49., In lower margin is a key (numbered 1 to 9) to the buildings depicted: 1. Blackwell Hall. 2. Guild Hall Chappell ..., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text from upper margin. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1880,1113.3580., "Gent. Mag." etched in upper left margin; "Jan. 1751" etched in upper right margin., Mounted to 32 x 26 cm., and Mounted on page 153 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?].
"View on the Thames at Hammersmith; small boats and barges in foreground"--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state of the same composition
Description:
Title from text below image., Reissue of a print published in 1750 by J. Boydell. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1948,0315.12.143., "Price 1s."--Following imprint., and "No. 8"--Lower right corner.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament by J. Boydell at the Unicorn, the corner of Queen Street, Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
Hammersmith (London, England),, Thames River (England),, England, and London.
"View next to the main road in Hampstead; elegantly dressed figures on foot path, trees on either side; a carriage on road in left foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
View of Hampstead from the footway next the great road Pond Street and Vüe de Hampstead de la chaussee pres du grand chemin Rue du Bassin
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1870,0514.2824., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Views of villages, noblemen and gentlemen's seats, &c. situate on, or near the river Thames", 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 88, no. 13., Plate numbered "11" in upper right corner., Mounted to 24 x 39 cm., and Leaf 12 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer, map & printseller near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Hampstead (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Roads, Carriages & coaches, Trails & paths, Pedestrians, and Trees
"View looking down the road from Holloway to Highgate; wagons, farmers with animals, riders and people on road, Highgate in the distance."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe de Highgate du cote du haut Holloway
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1870,0514.2825., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Views of villages, noblemen and gentlemen's seats, &c. situate on, or near the river Thames", 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 88, no. 13., Plate numbered "12" in upper right corner., Mounted to 24 x 39 cm., and Leaf 13 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer, map & printseller near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
"View looking down Fenchurch Street; the hall on the right with pediment at top above four Ionic pillasters, shop signs jutting out from buildings on the left, carts and carriages in street."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vü de la Halle des Marchands de Fer dans Fenchurch Street
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Probably a later state, with slight alteration to the plate numbering format. For a state with "No. 6" in upper right corner, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 11875,0710.4909., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue., "The design copied from a print published at mid-century by John Bowles"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve views of the city of London and public buildings therein, accurately engraved from the originals taken on the spot", 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 86, no. 8., Plate numbered "6" in upper right corner., and Leaf 25 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
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Worshipful Company of Ironmongers (London, England)
"View looking across Leicester Square to the north, with the equestrian statue of George I in the centre; sedan chairs, carriages and pedestrians passing around square"--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier print of the same composition
Alternative Title:
Vüe de la Place de Leicester a Londres
Description:
Title from caption below image., Approximate date of publication based on watermark., Possibly a later copy of a similar print published in 1753. See British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: 180[...?].
"View of part of the east front of London Bridge; in foreground on right a large sailing boat enters the image"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., "Price 1 s."--Following imprint., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., "No. 13."--Lower right corner., and Window mounted to 35 x 48 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament by J. Boydell engraver at the Globe near Durham Yard in the Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London Bridge (London, England),, Thames River (England),, England, and London.