"Interior view of the House of Lords, Westminster; in session."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: No. 52., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 2, opposite page 183.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st Jan. 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"Interior view of the room, looking down from the gallery during a sale; a large round lightwell in centre of ceiling."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: No. 45., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 2, opposite page 139., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1808.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st Decr. 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Drawing of the interior of the small oratory present just inside the great north gate at Strawberry Hill. Three arched windows at slight angles to other another are depicted, the middle window enclosed with iron rails
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility written in ink below image, in Thomas Kirgate's hand., Date of production based on John Chute's death date., and Mounted on page 22 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):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Oratories, Interiors, and Windows
Drawing of the interior of the printing house at Strawberry Hill. Two rooms are visible; the room on the left, which occupies most of the drawing, is lined with windows on the back and left walls and has a fireplace on the right wall. A man stands at a composing frame at the back of the room setting type from the copy propped on the upper case; lower tables line the walls in front of the windows at left, and other furniture occupies the back right corner of the room. In the foreground the doorway on the right gives a partial view of the second room containing two printing presses. A man can be seen working the common press for printing the letterpress text; to the left are two of the handles of the star-wheel of a rolling press for printing intaglio plates (copper plates); above, sheets of printed paper have been hung to dry on lines strung across the room. The floors and ceilings of both rooms are plain and undecorated; a few framed pictures hang on the walls
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 240 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., Printer's ornament (19 x 112 mm) mounted below drawing., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Interiors, Estates, Outbuildings, Printing industry, and Printing presses
"View of the interior of the hall at Lambeth Palace; a group of men stand conversing in hall; the exposed beams forming large arch on end wall, portrait busts above panelling around room."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: No. 48., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 2, opposite page 163.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st Decr. 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"Interior view of the large room; men sit or gather around desks surrounding room; the room separated into two, with a large opening in centre; two domed lightwells over right side."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: No. 49., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 2, opposite page 174.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st Jany. 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"Interior view of the chapel, attached to Magdalen House, London; an ocatagonal building, the congregation sat at pews in centre, facing each other, the priest delivers a sermon from the pulpit on the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: No. 54., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 2, opposite page 196.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st Feby. 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Magdalen Hospital (London, England). Chapel.
Subject (Topic):
Chapels, Religious services, Interiors, and Pulpits
"Interior view of the Royal Military Asylum, showing a school room; the boys in uniforms of red and blue seated at desks and rows of benches against back wall, instructed by a man in red rail-coat with pointer; to the left two men sit at semi-circular desks at opposite ends of the room, as boys stand in line facing them, holding books."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 99., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 256.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 1, 1810, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Royal Military Asylum.
Subject (Topic):
Military academies, Interiors, Classrooms, and Uniforms
"Interior of Smirke's replacement for Holland's burnt-out theatre; the stage set, and audience seated in the four tiers of galleries and pit, but the actors not yet on stage."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 100., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 263.
Publisher:
Pub. Jan. 1, 1810, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand