"View of the garden with figures promenading at the banks of the river, a building with lantern tower at left, figures punting before a footbridge in the centre, the river turning to right in the distance"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of the same composition
Alternative Title:
Veuë de la derriere façade de la Cassina, et d'une partie de la Riviere Serpentine, terminée par le cascade dans les jardins du Comte de Burlington, a Chiswick
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Approximate date of publication from British Museum online catalogue.
Publisher:
Printed for John Ryall at Hogarth's Head in Fleet Street, John Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhil [sic], T. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, & Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet-Street
"A circular building (the Rotunda) in the background and a Chinese structure on a lake reached by a bridge"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe du canal, du bâtiment, Chinois, de la Rotunda, &c. des Jardins de Ranelagh, un jour de masquarade
Description:
Title from caption below image., Terminal date of publication based on printseller's street address. See British Museum online catalogue., Later reissue of a print published in 1752. See British Museum online catalogue., "Publish'd according to act of Parliament"--Below image., and Plate numbered "74" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
A view of Ranelagh Gardens during a masquarade, with the revellers wearing masks. After a design by Canaletto. For an engraving of the same scene in reverse, published by Robert Sayer in 1752, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.2450
Alternative Title:
View of the canal, Chinese building, rotunda, &c. in Ranelagh Gardens, with masquerade, Vüe du canal, du batiment chinois, de la rotunda, &c. des Jardins de Ranelagh, un jour de masquarade, and Masquerade angloise
Description:
Title etched below image., Additional title "Masquerade angloise" at top of plate, etched as a mirror image., Signed in lower right corner with an illegible printmaker's signature., Date of publication from dealer's description., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides., A 'vuë d'optique', designed to be viewed through an optical viewer that gives a sense of depth perspective; the scene is reversed, as is the additional title at top., Manuscript number "9" written in ink at bottom of sheet, centered., Mounted on board., and Windows of the rotunda in image cut out by hand and inset with hand-painted multi-color inserts, which appear illuminated when a light is held from behind.
Manuscripts, in a single hand, listing the produce sold to Lord Glenbervie -- all vegetables -- and the fruit listed separately as sold to Lady Glenbervie for the period 31 January 1814 till 20 December 1814. The seedsman is identified as James Astin of Kingston. A separate receipt for two-pence and blind stamped is dated February 1815
Description:
In English., Title supplied by cataloger., and For further information consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Astin, James. and Glenbervie, Sylvester Douglas, Baron, 1743-1823.
A collection of sixty-four prints (mostly engravings and etchings) showing views of London and its vicinity, including views of Chelsea with Ranelagh, Hampstead, Highgate from Upper Halloway, Old Bedham with the gardens in front, Whitehall with the gatehouse, Grosvenor Square, St. Mary's Church on the Strand with old Somerset House, The Royale Mews in Charing Cross, St. James's Square with the Round Pond, Covent Gardent, Royal Gardens of Somerset, Hampstead, and scarce views of Barnes and Richmond as well as views of Twickenham, and many other scenes in and around London in the later half of the 18th century
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., Thames River (England), Saint James's Park (London, England), Twickenham (London, England), and London (England)
"Bird's eye view of St James's Palace looking across formal gardens towards the City of London; cavalcade with coaches advancing down the Mall on the right"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Saint James's House and Palais Royal de St. James
Description:
Title from caption below image., Publisher and date of publication from that of the volume in which the print appears., Plate from: Britannia illustrata ... London : D. Mortier, 1707., and Plate numbered "2" in lower right corner.
"Bird's eye view of the grand house and gardens in Chiswick, west London; the river Thames in foreground"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
House at Chiswick in the county of Middlesex, one of the seats of The Rt. Honble. Charles Boyle Baron Clifforde of Londesburgh ...
Description:
Title from caption below image., Publisher and date of publication from that of the volume in which the print appears., Plate from: Britannia illustrata ... London : D. Mortier, 1707., Plate numbered "30" in lower right corner., and Embossed stamp in lower left corner of plate: Oval with "W" inside.
"View of the new orchestra stand in Vauxhall Gardens at night; lights illuminating front, elegantly dressed figures dancing or watching orchestra in foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vauxhall Gardens
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 88., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 204., and 1 print : aquatint and etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.9 x 23.6 cm, on sheet 34.2 x 26.5 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. Octr. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Vauxhall Gardens (London, England), London (England), England, and London.
"View inside Vauxhall Gardens; the Grand Walk on the left looking down towards the obelisk; the orchestra to the right and pavillions on either side; elegantly dressed figures in gardens."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
View at the entrance into Vauxhall
Description:
Title engraved below image., Plate from: Entick, J. A new and accurate history and survey of London, Westminster, Southwark, and places adjacent. London : Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1766., and Window mounted to 17 x 22 cm; matted to 28 x 41 cm.
Publisher:
Edward and Charles Dilly
Subject (Geographic):
Vauxhall Gardens (London, England),, England, and London.
View inside Vauxhall Gardens, with the Grand Walk on the right leading towards the obelisk. The orchestra is seen to the left, flanked by pavillions on either side. Elegantly dressed figures socialize in the gardens and walk in pairs down the tree-lined path
Alternative Title:
View at the entrance into Vauxhall
Description:
Title, artist, and date from the 1761 engraving after this drawing., Unsigned., and Engraved in reverse by Edward Rooker and issued as a plate to: London and its environs described. London : R. and J. Dodsley, 1761.
Subject (Geographic):
Vauxhall Gardens (London, England),, England, and London.