"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 a mineral fountain located near the Belgian town of Spa. The fountain, raised up on a low pedestal and covered with a roof, stands in the center of the image. A covered walkway extends left from the fountain and meets a two-story stone building. Stone walls and staircases extend behind and to the right of the fountain. Trees and a bridge over a stream form the background; a dirt plaza forms the foreground
Alternative Title:
Vue de la fontaine de la Sauvenière près de Spa
Description:
Titled by the artist in ink below image; alternative title "Vue de la fontaine de la Sauvenière près de Spa" written in brown ink in a different hand above image., Signed by the artist in ink below title, in lower right., Part of a group of drawings by Antoine Le Loup of his hometown of Spa, one of which is dated "1767" by the artist. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 75 B935 805 folder 45., Sheet numbered "9" in ink in upper right corner., Formerly laid in at page 139 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
View of a plaza in the Belgian town of Spa, with a row of buildings (including shops labeled "Cour de Londre," "Caffe," and "Poste") on the left curving behind a fountain in the distance. A second row of buildings on the right includes a doorway below street level that is marked "Pouhon." Nine men and women occupy the square in two groups, one group in the foreground and the other in the middle distance; one woman and one man in the foreground are holding out hats and appear to be begging
Alternative Title:
Vue de la place de Spa
Description:
Titled by the artist in ink below image; alternative title "Vue de la place de Spa" written in brown ink in a different hand above image., Signed by the artist in ink below title, in lower right., Part of a group of drawings by Antoine Le Loup of his hometown of Spa. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call nos.: 75 B935 805 folder 43; 75 B935 805 folder 44., Formerly laid in at page 143 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.