"View of the palace from the surrounding formal gardens; a brick wall dividing gardens, a fountain and paths in gardens outside palace to the left; in the foreground two trees to the right, figures strolling amongst it and in formal gardens to the left and beyond."--British Museum online catalogue, description of another print of identical composition
Alternative Title:
Palais Royale de Hampton Court
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 "Twelve views of his Majesty's palaces and royal hospitals, and other public buildings in London, &c.", 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 87, no. 9., Plate numbered "7" in upper right corner., and Leaf 52 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):
Richmond upon Thames (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Hampton Court (Richmond upon Thames, London, England),
"View of Kensington Palace from the surrounding gardens, as altered in the reign of George II; many gentlemen and ladies meandering through garden paths or gathering in small groups on the grass."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Palais Royale de Kensington
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.1836., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve views of his Majesty's palaces and royal hospitals, and other public buildings in London, &c.", 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 87, no. 9., Plate numbered "6" in upper right corner., and Leaf 51 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)
Subject (Name):
Kensington Palace (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Castles & palaces, Official residences, Gardens, and Trails & paths
View of Windsor Castle from across the river Thames, with boats on the water and two swans to the left. Three men with fishing poles and two women are seen on the bank in the foreground; a tree stands on the right
Alternative Title:
Palais Royale de Windsor
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 "Twelve views of his Majesty's palaces and royal hospitals, and other public buildings in London, &c.", 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 87, no. 9., Imperfect; plate number erased from upper right corner of sheet. Missing number supplied from impression in the Victoria and Albert Museum, accession no.: 29635:13., Plate numbered "8" in upper right corner., Watermark: 1804., and Leaf 19 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):
Berkshire (England) and Thames River (England),
Subject (Name):
Windsor Castle,
Subject (Topic):
Castles & palaces, Official residences, Rivers, and Boats
"Six scenes from the parable: 'The Prodigal Son Receives his Patrimony'; 'The Prodigal Son Taking Leave'; 'The Prodigal Son in Excess'; 'The Prodigal Son in Misery'; 'The Prodigal Son Returns Reclaim'd'; 'The Prodigal Son Feasted on his Return'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text engraved above images., Six images in two rows on one plate, each with caption., Plate numbered(?) in lower right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Bible: parables, Prodigal son, St. Luke, XV -- Clergymen -- Domestic service -- Food: meat -- Farms -- Feeding pigs -- Clarinet -- viola -- Violin -- Furniture -- Table settings -- Chippendale mirror -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Architectural details -- Carpets -- Wall paneling -- Bags of money -- Patrimony -- Valises -- Money chests -- Female costume, 1776 -- Male costume, 1776., and Watermark: Strasburg bend on the right side of sheet, countermark I V on the left.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Prodigal son (Parable), Parables, Clergy, Servants, Musical instruments, Prostitutes, and Poor persons
Elevation du costé du jardin del la maison du Monsieur Monsr. Iohnston a Twittenham dans la comté de Midlesex
Description:
Title from captions below images., Date of publication based on that of volume in which the plate appears., Three designs on one plate, each individually titled below., Plate from: Vitruvius Britannicus : or, The British architect ... / by Colen Campbell ... [London], 1715-1731]., "P. 77."--Upper 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 Partial watermark.
"A view of London through one of the arches of Westminster Bridge, with boats on the Thames and lumber yards on the right; St Paul's in the distance on the right, and the prominent steeples of other churches lettered with a number for identification"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
This view of the city of London, taken through one of the centers of the arches of the new bridge at Westminster ...
Description:
Title from dedication engraved below image., Key with the names of the churches numbered within image is etched on either side of dedication., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Brindley, Bookseller to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales in New Bond Str
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Westminster Bridge (London, England),, and Thames River (England),
Parkyns, George Isham, approximately 1750-approximately 1820, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 December 1790]
Call Number:
Topos M627 no. 10+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from text below image., Plate from: Twickenham. [London] : Printed by I. Pushee: published by I.C. Barrow & G.I. Parkyns, Nottingham, 1790., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Published Decr. 1st, 1790, by I.C. Barrow, No. 25 South Audley Street, & G.I. Parkyns Esqr., Nottingham and Printed by I. Pushee
Parkyns, George Isham, approximately 1750-approximately 1820, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 December 1790]
Call Number:
Topos M627 no. 10+ Impression 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from text below image., Plate from: Twickenham. [London] : Printed by I. Pushee: published by I.C. Barrow & G.I. Parkyns, Nottingham, 1790., 1 print : aquatint and etching on laid paper ; sheet 283 x 274 mm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Published Decr. 1st, 1790, by I.C. Barrow, No. 25 South Audley Street, & G.I. Parkyns Esqr., Nottingham and Printed by I. Pushee
Drawing showing part of the hall and staircase at Strawberry Hill. The bottom of the staircase is visible at right; an open door at center leads to the Little Cloyster and provides a view of the china vase in which Walpole's cat drowned. Three stained-glass windows are present; the walls are covered in Gothic ornamentation
Description:
John Carter (1748-1817), British draughtsman and antiquary., Title, statement of responsibility, and date on verso, in Horace Walpole's hand., and Formerly mounted on page 24 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 (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Interiors, Vases, Stained glass, and Stairways
A drawing by Bentley from across the lawn looking toward Strawberry Hill in the distance, behind trees (right); further on beyond is another estate (left) with smoke coming from a chimney. In the foreground are pools of water and tall grasses
Alternative Title:
View of Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title in artist's hand below image., Date and attribution from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink below image., Watermark in center of sheet, lower half., and Formerly mounted on leaf 8 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].