"View looking down Fenchurch Street; the hall on the right with pediment at top above four Ionic pillasters, shop signs jutting out from buildings on the left, carts and carriages in street."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vü de la Halle des Marchands de Fer dans Fenchurch Street
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Probably a later state, with slight alteration to the plate numbering format. For a state with "No. 6" in upper right corner, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 11875,0710.4909., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue., "The design copied from a print published at mid-century by John Bowles"--Curator's comments, 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 "6" in upper right corner., and Leaf 25 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):
Worshipful Company of Ironmongers (London, England)
"View looking across a lawn towards the house; a pond on the left with a dog drinking and ducks swimming, an elegantly dressed family with a dog and small girl in foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Second in a series of twelve plates showing country seats outside London; the first plate bears the series title: Twelve views of gentlemens seats, in the environs of London., Plate numbered "2" in upper right corner., Mounted to 24 x 38 cm., and Leaf 47 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Published 12th Sepr. 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Highbury (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, Social & civic facilities, Dogs, Lakes & ponds, and Ducks
Titles engraved below image, in English and French., Later state of a plate published by Henry Overton. Cf. Yale Center for British Art, accession no.: B1977.14.15258., Date of publication inferred from publisher's statement; Laurie & Whittle took over the business of Robert Sayer in 1794. See British Museum online catalogue., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with complete loss of imprint from bottom edge and partial loss of plate number from upper right. Missing text and numbering supplied from impression at the Yale Center for British Art, accession no.: B1977.14.15259., Plate numbered "83" in upper right corner., Folded to 24.5 x 38.3 cm., and Leaf 58 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Published by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street, London
"Exterior view of the Royal Exchange; looking down a busy street with carriages, carts and pedestrians, St Paul's Cathedral in the distance to the left, the prominent entrance of the Royal Exchange with tower to right; in right foreground a man enters a shop with the sign "John's Coffee"; after Loutherbourg and Chapman; published etched state."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Perspective view of the outside of the Royal Exchange in London
Description:
Title from dedication below image. and Companion print to: Perspective view of the inside of the Royal Exchange in London.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs August 12, 1788, & sold by Mr. Chapman at Mr. Christie's, Pall Mall
Subject (Geographic):
City of London (England), England, London, and London.
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806,, Royal Exchange (London, England),, and St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, Stock exchanges, Streets, Stores & shops, City & town life, People associated with manual labor, Carriages & coaches, and Signs (Notices)
"View of the grand front of the theatre; a lion and unicorn to left and right of the pedament at top, with a sculpture of armour and weapons in the centre, pillasters across middle of building and an iron balcony above ground floor; in foreground to right a carriage and a sedan chair, to the left street traders and other figures."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Nouvelle façade, vers Bridges Street, de la principale entrée du Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Description:
Titles engraved below image, in English and French., "Possibly an illustration from 'The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam', 1773-1822"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catlalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.3116., and Tipped in at page 640 (leaf numbered '89' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, London., and London,
Subject (Name):
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England), and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Buildings, Theaters, Facades, Carriages & coaches, Sedan chairs, Street vendors, and Dogs