Volume 4, after page 282. Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Windsor Castle, sitting atop its terraced hill, as viewed from across the Thames
Description:
Title written in brown ink below image., Attributed to Bernard Lens by curator. A similar drawing, titled "A view of Eaton College" in the same hand, is mounted in volume 5 of the same extra-illustrated set and has a previous owner's note on the verso identifying Lens as the artist., Date of production based on artist's death date., and Mounted after page 282 (leaf numbered '65' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of Joseph Spence's Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
"Norther end of the Cross Walk; the suburban fields screened by a theatrical backcloth with view of a ruined viaduct, a lake and waterfall beyond; elegantly dressed figures in foregroundt"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of the same composition
Alternative Title:
Vüe du Centre de la Grande Alleé du Jardin de Vauxhall
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication based on that of earlier state and on printseller's street address. See British Museum online catalogue., Reissue, with publication date burnished and plate number altered, of a print published by Robert Sayer in 1751. See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Topos L847 no. 111+., "Publish'd according to act of Parliament"--Below image., and Plate numbered "71" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
publish'd according to act of Parliament, Decr. 2, 1751.
Call Number:
Topos L847 no. 111+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Norther end of the Cross Walk; the suburban fields screened by a theatrical backcloth with view of a ruined viaduct, a lake and waterfall beyond; elegantly dressed figures in foregroundt"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of the same composition
Alternative Title:
Vüe du Centre de la Grande Alleé du Jardin de Vauxhall
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge., and Plate numbered "6" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
"View of Marble Hill, a grand house fronting the Thames, seen from the opposite shore; a large lawn lined with trees separating house from riverbank; boats on the water, a man with three horses in right foreground"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Maison de la Comtess de Suffolk proche de Twickenham
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication based on printseller's street address. See British Museum online catalogue., Reissue of a print originally published in 1749 by John Bowles. See British Museum online catalogue., "Publish'd according to act of Parliament"--Below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., No. 24, "Marble Hill," 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., No. 28, "Montpelier Row," 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., Window mounted to 44 x 59 cm., and Sheet numbered "39" in a contemporary hand below printmaker's signature.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Wilkinson, No. 58 in Cornhill & Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard
publisch'd [sic] according to act of Parliament, 1753.
Call Number:
Topos L847 no. 24+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Vüe de la Douane de Londres et d'une partie de la Tour prise de la Thamise
Description:
Title from caption below image; French title also etched in reverse above image., Possibly a copy of a print with a similar title published in 1753 with the publication line "London, Printed for T. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, John Bowles and Son in Cornhill, Robt. Sayer in Fleet Street, and Heny. Overton without Newgate." See British Museum online catalogue., "No. 22."--Upper right corner., and "50" written in ink in contemporary hand above plate mark on recto; "16 Serie Mo 4 [?]" written on verso.
"View from the river of the Custom House, looking east towards the Tower of London; a large boat flying a flag with raised sails in foreground to right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vü de la Douane anec une partie de la Tour de Londres prise de dessus la Tamise
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. 4" in upper right corner, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1875,0710.4907., Date of publication from the 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 "4" in upper right corner., and Leaf 23 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), Thames River (England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Tower of London (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Customhouses, Rivers, Piers & wharves, Rowboats, and Sailing ships
publish'd according to act of Parliament, 1753. and [not printed before 1764]
Call Number:
Topos L847 no. 22+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View the Thames with the old Custom House on the left, and the Tower in the distance"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe de la Doane et une partie de la Tour, prise de la Riviere Thamise a Londres
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of printing based on printsellers' street addresses. See British Museum online catalogue., Later state of a print originally published in 1753 with the publication line "London, Printed for T. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, John Bowles and Son in Cornhill, Robt. Sayer in Fleet Street, and Heny. Overton without Newgate." See British Museum online catalogue., and Plate numbered "26" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, John Bowles in Cornhil [sic], and Robt. Sayer in Fleet Street
"View the Thames with the old Custom House on the left, and the Tower in the distance"--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state of the same composition
Alternative Title:
Vüe de la Doane et une partie de la Tour, prise de la Riviere Thamise a Londres
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication based on printsellers' street addresses. See British Museum online catalogue., Later state of a print originally published in 1753 with the publication line "London, Printed for T. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, John Bowles and Son in Cornhill, Robt. Sayer in Fleet Street, and Heny. Overton without Newgate." See British Museum online catalogue., "Publish'd according to act of Parliament"--Below image., Plate numbered "26" in upper right corner., and Window mounted to 35 x 48 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, R. Wilkinson, 58 Cornhill, & Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street
Title etched below image., Date of publication based on printmaker's death date., Plate numbered "I" in upper right corner., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of plate number and possible loss of imprint statement., and Mounted on page 178 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Venice (Italy)
Subject (Topic):
Palazzo ducale (Venice, Italy) and Castles & palaces
"View of the grand house fronting the Thames, seen from the river; barges and other boats in foreground"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of the same composition
Alternative Title:
Maison du Comte de Radnor a Twickenham
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication based on the separation of John and Carington Bowles's names in imprint statement. See British Museum online catalogue., Reissue of a print originally published in 1749 by John Bowles. See British Museum online catalogue., No. 4, "Thomas 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., No. 5, "Radnor House," 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:
Printed for John Bowles, No. 13 in Cornhill & Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Pauls Church Yard