A woman and two men, dressed in the style of 17th-century Dutch paintings, are gathered in a room. The woman, sitting on the left, her left foot resting on a large wooden box protruding from under a table, plays the lute. One of her companions leans on the kilim-covered table with his left arm and sings from a book he holds open. The other man, draped in a cloak, stands in the background. Next to him is a bed with drawn curtains. A box and a candlestick stand on the table. On the floor in front of the table lies a playing card
Title engraved in English, French, and Italian below image., Tempest also possibly the printmaker. See Hindley, C. History of the cries of London, ancient and modern., 'ML' in M. Lauron forms a monogram., Imprint from title page., No. 66 bound in: The cryes of the city of London. London : Printed & sold by Henry Overton at the White Horse without Newgate, 1733., Number "66" etched in lower right corner., and Numbered on verso in contemporary hand.
Publisher:
Printed & sold by Henry Overton at the White Horse without Newgate
Fameuse Hollandoise danceuse de corde and Famosa donna thedesca
Description:
Title engraved in English, French, and Italian below image., Tempest also possibly the printmaker. See Hindley, C. History of the cries of London, ancient and modern., 'ML' in M. Lauron forms a monogram., Imprint from title page., No. 64 bound in: The cryes of the city of London. London : Printed & sold by Henry Overton at the White Horse without Newgate, 1733., Number "64" etched in lower right corner., Unidentified manuscript notes and numbers (in another hand) on versos of many of the hinged plates, giving detailed histories of the people depicted., and Numbered and described on verso in contemporary hand.
Publisher:
Printed & sold by Henry Overton at the White Horse without Newgate
Fameuse Hollandoise danceuse de corde and Famosa donna thedesca
Description:
Title engraved in English, French, and Italian below image., Tempest also possibly the printmaker. See Hindley, C. History of the cries of London, ancient and modern., 'ML' in M. Lauron forms a monogram., Imprint from title page., No. 64 bound in: The cryes of the city of London. London : Printed & sold by Henry Overton at the White Horse without Newgate, 1733., Number "64" etched in lower right corner., Unidentified manuscript notes and numbers (in another hand) on versos of many of the hinged plates, giving detailed histories of the people depicted., and Numbered and described on verso in contemporary hand.
Publisher:
Printed & sold by Henry Overton at the White Horse without Newgate
Plate showing two architectural representations of Houghton Hall, one above the other. The top image shows an elevation of the front of the house; the bottom image shows a floor plan of the building
Alternative Title:
General plan and Elevation general de Houghton dans le Comté de Norfolk maison de Robert Walpole Esqr. &c.
Description:
Titles in English and French for top image are etched below scale bar for that image; title in English for bottom image is etched above scale bar for that image., Title in English for top image continues: ... Chancellor of Exqr. and First Lord Comr. of his Majesty's Treasury, &c. Design'd by Colen Campbell Esqr. 1723., Date of publication from that of the volume in which the plate appeared., Plate from: Campbell, C. Vitruvius Britannicus or the British architect ... [London], [publisher not identified], [1767?]., "P. 29, vol. 3d" etched in upper left corner and "p. 30" etched in upper right corner., Imperfect; top image only is present, with bottom image and statements of responsibility having been trimmed away. Description based on a more perfect impression., Mounted on page 10 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. 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 13., A second scale bar, trimmed from a different print, has been pasted in lower right corner of sheet., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and Norfolk.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 and Houghton Hall (England)
"View of the grand new building for Bethlem Hospital in Moorfields, from the street; figures in foreground including street traders and a man with a wooden leg, elegantly dressed figures strolling through grounds in front of hospital"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Hospital de Fou
Description:
Title from caption below image., Later reissue of a print published 10 September 1747 by John Bowles. See British Museum online catalogue., "Publishd. according to act of Parliamt."--Below image., Window mounted to 31 x 47 cm., and Watermark: E & P 1801.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, and Rob. Wilkinson, 58 Cornhill
Perspective interieure de la Chapelle du College du Roi a Cambridge
Description:
Titles in English and French etched below image., Date based on time period (1746-1755) when Canaletto worked in England and produced the original painting., Text below English title: N.B. This building is esteem'd the most perfect and finest piece of Gothic architecture now remaining in Europe., Text below French title: Cet edifice est regardé comme le plus beau monument d'architecture gothique qui soit en Europe., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 24 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.
published according to act of Parliament, Aug. 1, 1753.
Call Number:
Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title:
Page 173. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Interior view of Westminster Abbey looking down the nave towards the organ, with groups of elegantly dressed figures in foreground
Alternative Title:
Inside of Westminster Abbey and Neff de L'Abaie de Westminster
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Titled 'The Inside of Westminster Abbey, by Bowles, 1753' in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc, London, 1829., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark and mutilated on bottom edge, resulting in slight loss of imprint statement., Title in English and French, with remaining text in English., Folded to 28.3 x 23.7 cm; mounted to 32 x 26 cm., and Mounted on page 173 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:
Printed for Tho. Bowles in St. Paul's Church Yard, John Bowles & Son in Cornhill, Rob. Sayer in Fleetstreet & H. Overton without Newgate
Subject (Geographic):
England, London, London (England), and London.
Subject (Name):
Westminster Abbey, and Westminster Abbey.
Subject (Topic):
Church buildings, Abbeys, Interiors, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments