"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
A view of Tyburn Turnpike (now where Marble Arch is located) showing street life in London including a man accepting a toll payment from a man on horse back with another man on horseback, a dog running ahead, approaches the gate from the left. Another man with a basket over his arm and a walking stick, a dog by his side, looks over to the right as his young female companion gestures. On the left a begger leans against the rails. Along the road beyond the gate and to the left are several carriages; a small hut on the right is identified as "illegible Water Works 1812". The gate is shown with lamp posts
Description:
Title etched below image. and "Plate 3. Vol. 9"--Upper right edge above image.
Publisher:
No. 49 of R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts &c. Pub. 1 Jany. 1813, at 101 Strand, London
Subject (Geographic):
London (England)
Subject (Topic):
Carriages & coaches, City & town life, Dogs, Horseback riding, Lampposts, Pedestrians, Pleading (Begging), and Toll roads
A view of the grounds and river, with houses seen through trees at a distance, of two properties in Twickenham. On the river are three rowboats, the nearest of which contains two fisherman, one pulling up a net. On either side of the shore is a large grove of trees
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility written in ink on verso in Horace Walpole's hand., On verso, in lower right corner, in Thomas Kirgate's hand: H. Walpole., Also on the verso, in graphite, in an 18th century hand "finished Oct. 5, 1757"; also in lower right, pressmark[?}: "E.51.", and Watermark visible in center of sheet: C. Blauw.
Watercolor of the view from the east of Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, with two men pulling a lawn roller across the grass
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Another larger drawing of this view: Strawberry Hill chiefly taken in the year 1769 by Mr. Sandby. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 769.00.0077dr++., Drawing that was later used as the basis of an engraving entitled "East front of Strawberry Hill" that appeared in the 1784 edition of: A description of the villa of Horace Walpole., and Paul Sandby (bap. 1731-1809), English artist and architect.
Subject (Geographic):
England, Twickenham., and Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Estates, and Buildings, structures, etc