"View within the courtyard of the Exchange, looking towards the tower, with colonnade around edge, statue of Charles II in centre; large groups of men conversing in space."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe du dedans de la Bourse Royale à Londres
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 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 "8" in upper right corner., and Leaf 27 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), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Royal Exchange (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Merchants' exchanges, Commercial facilities, Courtyards, Colonnades, Sculpture, and Crowds
Title from item., Publisher identified from address., Publication date inferred from the erection of Sir John Barnard's statue. Cf. The Concise dictionary of national biography, p. 63., Twelve lines of verse in two columns: The following humourous lines were last week stuck up under [the] statue of S'r. J. B-----d at [the] Royal Exchange ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Window mounted to 40 x 25 cm.
Publisher:
To be had on Holborn Hill
Subject (Name):
Barnard, John, Sir, 1685-1764 and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745.
"View of Battersea, looking across the River Thames; a church in centre of view flying a flag, the river busy with barges and other boats; figures on river bank including a man fishing, a tall tree to the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Veüe de Battersea au nord
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 "Views of villages, noblemen and gentlemen's seats, &c. situate on, or near the river Thames", 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 88, no. 13., Plate numbered "7" in upper right corner., Mounted to 24 x 38 cm., and Leaf 8 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer, map & printseller near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Battersea (London, England), Thames River (England), England, and London.
Subject (Topic):
Rivers, Churches, Flags, Barges, Sailboats, and Rowboats
"View with the river at the centre, boats on the water, a man rasing his sail in the left, figures walking on the path in the foreground, including a man on horseback and a man fishing by the river; the city in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
North view of Roehampton and Veüe de Row-Hampton au nord
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 "Views of villages, noblemen and gentlemen's seats, &c. situate on, or near the river Thames", 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 88, no. 13., Plate numbered "5" in upper right corner., Mounted to 24 x 39 cm., and Leaf 6 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer, map & printseller near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Roehampton (London, England), Thames River (England), England, and London.
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Two lines of verse, enclosed on the right with a bracket and text: Brave boys!, below image: And ten times a day whip the barrels. And ten times a day whip there barrels., and Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms: 4th Foot Regiment -- Military regiments: 4th Foot -- Military regiments: drummer of the 4th Foot -- Weapons: halberds -- Edinburgh: Edinburgh Castle -- Personifications: Demon of Discord -- Trades: gin seller -- Barrels -- Battles: reference to the Battle of Culloden, 1746 -- Whips -- Literature: The Devil to pay, by Charles Coffey, d. 1745 -- Gen. William Barrel, d. 1749.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Rich, Robert, Sir, 1717?-1785 and Coffey, Charles, -1745.
Satirical view of London life, with a riotous wedding party at the Tavern at Rederiff: for full description see Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum
Description:
Title from item., John June identified as the printmaker in the British Museum catalogue,, Sixteen lines of verse in four columns below image: Jack, rich in prizes, now the knot is ty'd, sits pleas'd by her he thinks his maiden bride ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Officer's uniform -- Sailor's uniform -- Pictures amplifying subject: Skimmington procession -- Pictures amplifying subject: portrait of the Duke of Cumberland -- Pictures: portraits -- Creditors.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament, November [the] 10, 1747, by M. Cooper
Title from item., Sixteen lines of verse in four columns below image: Jack, rich in prizes, now the knot is ty'd, sits pleas'd by her he thinks his maiden bride ..., Temporary local subject terms: Pictures amplifying subject: Skimmington procession -- Pictures amplifying subject: portrait of the Duke of Cumberland -- Creditors., and Loose impression removed from the Kinnaird Coll.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament, November [the] 10, 1747, by M. Cooper
Subject (Topic):
Amputees, Bailiffs, Black people, Bowls (Tableware), Candlesticks, Clergy, Dance, Military uniforms, British, Mirrors, Musical instruments, Pipes (Smoking), Portratis, Prostitutes, Sconces, Servants, Tables, Violins, and Weddings
Title from item., Attributed to George Bickham the Elder in an unverified card catalog record., Publication date from British Museum online catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Clubs: Independent Electors of Westminster -- Interiors: Vintner's Hall -- Lighting: chandelier -- Jacobites -- Smoking: clay pipe -- Spies -- Lists -- John Willilams, fl. 1747 -- Literature: Hudibras by Samuel Butler, 1612-1680 -- Anniversary feasts: Independent Electors of Westminster., and Watermark: countermark IV.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Litchfield, John Henry Lee, EArl of, 1718-1772, Orrery, John Boyle, Earl of, 1707-1762, Berkshire, Henry Howard, Earl of, 1706-1778, Bampfylde, Richard Warwick, baron, d. 1776, Heathcote, George, and Carew, Thomas, 1702-1766
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Street scenes -- Buildings: St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden -- Bedford House, Covent Garden -- Architectural details: gate with Sphinxes -- Clock on the church -- Mottoes: 'So passes [the] glory of [the] world -- Trades: butcher -- Trade tools: butcher's implements -- Elections: bribery -- Britannia (Symbolic character) -- Emblems: cap of liberty -- Clubs: Independent Electors of Westminster -- Poll-books -- Reference to Yorkshire -- Pickpockets -- Nicknames: Two-Shilling Butcher., and Watermark: countermark IV.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Stafford, Granville Leveson-Gower, Marquess of, 1721-1803, and Clarges, Thomas, Sir, 1688-1759
publish'd according to act of Parliament, 18 July 1747.
Call Number:
Topos N878 no. 1++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View of a ruined castle, on the flat top of a cliff, with several bsuildings closer to the sea, all surrounded by low walls, ships on the sea to the left, which runs into a bay below the castle, with figures on the clifftop in the foreground, including a man wearing plaid and leaning on his staff as he talks to a seated man, a small rowing boat striking out on the left; after Thomas Smith"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of the same composition
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Ownership stamp in red ink on verso: B. Newton.
