"Bird's eye view of London; the Tower on the right, old London Bridge in the centre with the Monument to its right, St Paul's beyond, Westminster Abbey in the distance at the left; a reduced copy of a print by Bowles."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe générale de la ville de Londres qui comprend la partie la plus voisine de la Tamise
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Probably a later state, with slight alterations to the plate numbering. For a state with "No. 1" in upper right corner and no number in upper left corner, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1875,0710.4904., Date range for 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 "No. 1" in upper left corner and "1" in upper right corner., Watermark: Curteis & Son 1806., and Leaf 20 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),, London Bridge (London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Tower of London (London, England),, St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),, and Westminster Abbey,
Subject (Topic):
Monument, The (London, England), Cathedrals, Bridges, Monuments & memorials, Rivers, Boats, and Sailing ships
Istanbul (Turkey) --Description and travel and Marmara, Sea of (Turkey)
Subject (Name):
Aveele, Johannes van den, d. 1727, engraver, Ayasofya Muzesi--Pictorial works, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 --Bookplate, Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712, engraver, Orthodox Eastern Church, and Suleymaniye Camii (Istanbul, Turkey)--Pictorial works
Blanks not scanned., Imperfect, wanting 16 plates and 1 map., Order of plates does not follow that of descriptions in vol. 1., Some plates are numbered, some plates are unnumbered and interspersed. Two possible arrangements outlined in v. 1 which these seem not to follow closely. With the exception of the port. of Selim III (frontis. of text vol.), all other plates including the 2 remaining maps are bound together., and Two plates trimmed and laid in loose.
Publisher:
Chez les editeurs ... ; De l’Imprimerie de P. Didot, l’aine, M.DCCCXIX
Subject (Geographic):
Bosporus (Turkey) --Pictorial works, Istanbul (Turkey) --Description and travel, Istanbul (Turkey) --Pictorial works, Marmara, Sea of (Turkey), Turkey --Court and courtiers --Clothing --Pictorial works, Turkey --French influences, and Turkey --History --Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 --Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Desmaisons, 1780-1834?,
Kauffer, Francois,
Leve, Mlle.,
Michel, F. P., Barbie du Bocage, Jean Denis, 1760-1825, Bovinet, Edme, 1767-1832, Cardano, Jose´ Maria, Coiny, Jacques Joseph, 1761-1809, Dequevauviller, Francois-Nicolas-Barth elemy, 1745-1807, Desaulx, Jean, Duparc, Marie-Alexandre, Duplessi-Bertaux, Jean, 1750-1818, Hadice, Sultan, sister of Selim III, Sultan of the Turks, 1762- --Palaces --Pictorial works, Lacretelle, Charles, 1766-1855, Le Gouaz, Yves Marie, 1742-1816, Le Rouge, Jean-Nicolas, b. ca. 1776, Marillier, Clement Pierre, 1740-1808, Melling, Antoine Ignace, 1763-1831, Nee, Francois Denis, 1732-1817, Pigeot, Francois, 1775-after 1834, Pillemont, Victor, 1767-1814, Queverdo, Louis-Marie-Yves, 1788-, Reville, Jean Baptiste, 1767-1825, Schroeder, Friedrich, 1768-1839, and Selim III, Sultan of the Turks, 1761-1808 --Homes and haunts --Pictorial works