"View looking across Grosvenor Square with the oval shaped planted area with equestrian statue in the centre; a carriage, sedan chair and elegantly dressed figures in foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Perspective view of Grosvenor Square and Vüe de la Place de Grosvenor
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve perspective views of the principal churches, streets, and squares in the cities of London and Westminster", 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, pages 87, no. 10., and Leaf 34 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck facing Fetter Lane End, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
London (England) and Grosvenor Square (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Plazas, Row houses, Equestrian statues, Carriages & coaches, and Sedan chairs
"View in Charing Cross with the Golden Cross Inn on the left, Northumberland House and the equestrian statue of Charles I on the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vü de la Maison de Northumberland á Charing Cross
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.2814., 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 "11" in upper right corner., Watermark: Curteis & Son 1806., and Leaf 30 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) and Charing Cross (London, England),
Subject (Name):
Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1712-1786
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Taverns (Inns), Row houses, Dwellings, Equestrian statues, Carriages & coaches, and Carts & wagons
A small audience sitting on benches on a tribune next to the equestrian statue of Cosimo I de' Medici in Piazza della Signoria, watching a military parade of the guards of the Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo of Lorena (1765-1790), son of the Empress Maria Theresa of Habsburg and brother of Joseph II. The soldiers, forming an L-shaped cordon and led by four battalion officers, are recognizable by their tricorns and the bayonets. At the center of the square, under the grand building of Palazzo Vecchio, stands a troop of drummers. Figures in the the foreground include a group of cavalrymen bearing a banner and followed by a cart on the right; a lady and gentleman waiting for a landau carriage at center; and a figure, maybe a soldier on look-out, watching the scene in Palazzo Uguccioni's shadow on the left
Description:
Title and artist attribution from dealer's description. and Date based on artist's death date.
Subject (Geographic):
Florence (Italy)
Subject (Name):
Piazza della Signoria (Florence, Italy), and Palazzo vecchio (Florence, Italy),
Subject (Topic):
Plazas, Equestrian statues, Military parades & ceremonies, Spectators, and Carriages & coaches
