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1. A perspective view of Covent Garden Vüe de Covent Garden / [graphic] =
- Creator:
- Maurer, J. active 1713-1761, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliament, [1753]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 L847 750
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 42. London and its environs about 1750.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "View looking across Covent Garden piazza, the market in progress, St Paul's Church on the left."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Vüe de Covent Garden
- Description:
- Titles etched below image, in English and French., Later state, with imprint burnished from plate. For an earlier state with the imprint "London, Printed for Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck faceing Fetter Lane End, Fleet Street", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.3050., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve perspective views of the principal churches, streets, and squares in the cities of London and Westminster", 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, pages 87, no. 10., Plate numbered "11" in upper right corner., Watermark: 1817., Leaf 42 in an album of views of London and its vicinity., and Pencil annotation below plate line, in a later hand: Old Covent Garden.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- London (England), Covent Garden (London, England),, England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- St. Paul's Church (Covent Garden, London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Plazas, Markets, Churches, Coaches & carriages, Carts & wagons, and Sedan chairs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A perspective view of Covent Garden Vüe de Covent Garden / [graphic] =
2. A perspective view of St. James's Square Vüe de la Place de St. James's / [graphic] =
- Creator:
- Maurer, J. active 1713-1761, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliament, [1753]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 L847 750
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 40. London and its environs about 1750.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Perspective view of St James's Square, looking north, the spire of St James's Church visible in the distance."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Vüe de la Place de St. James's
- Description:
- Titles engraved below image, in English and French., Later state, with imprint burnished from plate. For an earlier state with the imprint "London, Printed for Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck facing Fetter Lane, Fleet Street", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.2201., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve perspective views of the principal churches, streets, and squares in the cities of London and Westminster", 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, pages 87, no. 10., Plate numbered "9" in upper right corner., Watermark: 1817., Leaf 40 in an album of views of London and its vicinity., and Pencil annotation below plate line, in a later hand: Curious.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- London (England), Saint James's Square (London, England),, England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- St. James's Church (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Plazas, Churches, Row houses, Coaches & carriages, and Sedan chairs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A perspective view of St. James's Square Vüe de la Place de St. James's / [graphic] =
3. A perspective view of Temple Barr and St. Dunstans Church Vüe de Temple Barr une des porte de la villa de Londrer, LEglise de St. Dunstan / [graphic] =
- Creator:
- Maurer, J. active 1713-1761, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliamt., [1753]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 L847 750
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 44. London and its environs about 1750.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "View looking down Fleet Street towards Temple Bar, with St Dunstan in the West on the right; elegantly dressed figures among carriages and carts on the street."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Perspective view of Temple Bar and St. Dunstan's Church and Vüe de Temple Barr une des porte de la villa de Londrer, LEglise de St. Dunstan
- Description:
- Titles etched below image, in English and French., Later state; remnants of burnished imprint visible at bottom of plate., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve perspective views of the principal churches, streets, and squares in the cities of London and Westminster", 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, pages 87, no. 10., Plate numbered "3" in upper right corner., Watermark: 1817., Leaf 44 in an album of views of London and its vicinity., and Pencil annotation below plate line, in a later hand: Old St. Dunstan's Church. Temple Bar with the Traitor's Heads on it.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- London (England), Fleet Street (London, England),, England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Temple Bar (London, England), and St. Dunstan's in the West (Church : London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Streets, Churches, Gates, Carriages & coaches, and Carts & wagons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A perspective view of Temple Barr and St. Dunstans Church Vüe de Temple Barr une des porte de la villa de Londrer, LEglise de St. Dunstan / [graphic] =
4. A perspective view of Tower Hill and the place of execution of the Lords Kilmarnock and Balmerino on Monday 18 of August 1746 [graphic]
- Creator:
- Maurer, John, active 1720-1742, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1750]
- Call Number:
- Topos L847 no. 108+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Lords Kilmarnock and Balmerino awaiting execution on raised platform encircled by line of infantry within line of cavalry; groups of onlookers at ground level and at windows and on balconies"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Questionable attribution to Maurer and approximate date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., "Publish'd according to act of Parliament"--Below image., Text below image, lower left: The Governor of [the] Tower delivering the prisoners to the Sheriffs of London at the barr for execution., Text below image, lower right: The view of the scaffold with the guards surounding [sic] at the time of execution., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Partially window mounted., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Jno. Ryall at Hogarth's Head in Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Kilmarnock, William Boyd, Earl of, 1704-1746. and Balmerino, Arthur Elphinstone, Lord, 1688-1746.
- Subject (Topic):
- Executions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A perspective view of Tower Hill and the place of execution of the Lords Kilmarnock and Balmerino on Monday 18 of August 1746 [graphic]
5. A perspective view of Twickenham Vüe du village de Twickenham / [graphic] =
- Creator:
- Rooker, Edward, -1774, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1764]
- Call Number:
- Topos M627 no. 9+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "View of Twickenham, looking over the River Thames; the houses on the opposite shore reflected in the water; a barge and rowing boat in foreground"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of the same composition
- Alternative Title:
- Vüe du village de Twickenham
- Description:
- Titles from text below image, in English and French., Reissue of a print originally published in 1749 by John Bowles. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1875,0508.1447., Date of publication based on the separation of John and Carington Bowles's names in imprint statement. See British Museum online catalogue., "Publish'd according to act of Parliament"--Below image., No. 19, "William, 2d E. of Strafford (n.c.)," 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: Whatman.
- Publisher:
- Printed for John Bowles in Cornhil [sic], & Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard
- Subject (Geographic):
- Twickenham (London, England)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A perspective view of Twickenham Vüe du village de Twickenham / [graphic] =
6. A perspective view of the Royal Garden of Somerset, next the river Vüe de Jarden Royal de Somerset, du cote de la riviere / [graphic] =
- Creator:
- Maurer, J. active 1713-1761, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliament, [1753]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 L847 750
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 43. London and its environs about 1750.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "View of the gardens fronting Somerset House, with the River Thames on the left, Westminster Abbey and Bridge in the distance on the left, and Somerset House and gardens on the right."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Vüe de Jarden Royal de Somerset, du cote de la riviere
- Description:
- Titles etched below image, in English and French., Later state; remnants of burnished imprint visible at bottom of plate., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve perspective views of the principal churches, streets, and squares in the cities of London and Westminster", 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, pages 87, no. 10., Plate numbered "12" in upper right corner., Watermark: 1817., Leaf 43 in an album of views of London and its vicinity., and Pencil annotation below plate line, in a later hand: Old Somerset House.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- London (England), Thames River (England),, Westminster Bridge (London, England),, England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Somerset House (London, England), and Westminster Abbey,
- Subject (Topic):
- Gardens, Rivers, Castles & palaces, Bridges, and Boats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A perspective view of the Royal Garden of Somerset, next the river Vüe de Jarden Royal de Somerset, du cote de la riviere / [graphic] =
7. A prospect of Richmond-Hill, from Lord Cholmondeley's walk on the River of Thames [art original]
- Creator:
- Heckel, Augustin, approximately 1690-1770, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1751]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize) Box 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of the view from Chomondeley Walk on the River Thames, with Richmond Hill rising in the distance. The busy walk is seen at left, with pedestrians and several dogs traveling in both directions. In the foreground a man pulls a small boat loaded with passengers towards the bank; further offshore a woman and two men travel in a rowboat. Other small boats and several swans are visible further down the river, which curves to the right and is lined with buildings on its far bank. Clouds and birds fill the sky above
- Description:
- Title written in brown ink below image., Signed with initials by the artist below image, in lower left., Approximate date from a similar drawing by Heckel in The Lewis Walpole Library: A view from Richmond Hill up the River Thames., and Formerly laid in at page 5 (formerly D) of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Richmond upon Thames (London, England)
- Subject (Name):
- Cholmondeley, George Cholmondeley, Earl of, 1703-1770
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A prospect of Richmond-Hill, from Lord Cholmondeley's walk on the River of Thames [art original]
8. A view from Richmond Hill up the River Thames [art original]
- Creator:
- Heckel, Augustin, approximately 1690-1770, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1751]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize) Box 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of the view from Richmond Hill, with the Thames in the distance surrounded by fields and rows of trees. Two boats are on the river; people and horses are visible in the fields. On the road in the foreground are several men on horseback, a strolling man and woman with a dog running behind them, a milkmaid accompanied by a boy, and a coach driving to the right. A vast sky is above
- Description:
- Title written in brown ink below image., Signed and dated by the artist below image, in lower left., and Formerly laid in at page 5 (formerly D) of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Richmond upon Thames (London, England) and Thames River (England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Rivers, Sailboats, Carriages & coaches, Pedestrians, and Horseback riding
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view from Richmond Hill up the River Thames [art original]
9. A view from Richmond Hill up the river Vüe du pais proche de la riviere prise de la Montagne de Richmond / [graphic] =
- Creator:
- Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliament, 1752.
- Call Number:
- Topos Su962 no. 11+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Vüe du pais proche de la riviere prise de la Montagne de Richmond
- Description:
- Title from text below image. and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Printed for and sold by Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, & Heny. Overton at the White Horse without Newgate
- Subject (Geographic):
- Richmond upon Thames (London, England) and Thames River (England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Rivers, Sailboats, Carriages & coaches, Pedestrians, and Horseback riding
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view from Richmond Hill up the river Vüe du pais proche de la riviere prise de la Montagne de Richmond / [graphic] =