publish'd according to act of Parliament, January 1753.
Call Number:
Topos L847 no. 27+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image and Later state, with added image elements. For an earlier state published in 1750 by R. Sayer, see
Abstract:
"View looking towards the hospital; a later state of the plate with the addition of the gates at the end of a wide driveway, lawned areas on either side with colonnades at the far ends; the countryside beyond the hospital now further built up with more roads and houses; the figures in the foreground the same as the earlier state"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe d'Hospital des Enfans Trouvès
Description:
Title from text below image., Plate numbered "10" in upper right corner., and Sheet numbered "58" in ink in upper right corner within plate mark.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer, Map & Printseller facing Fetter Lane, Fleetstreet
Maurer, John, active 1720-1742, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
published according to act of Parliament, 1754, for Stowes Survey.
Call Number:
Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title:
Page 181. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View in the park with spectators watching the parade, as George II makes his way to the House of Lords, showing the Horse Guards and the Treasury."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe de la parade dans le Parc de St. James : le Treser, le nouveau batiment de Gardes a Cheval, et la procession du Roy allant a la Chambre des Seigneurs
Description:
Titles engraved below image, in English and French., "An earlier state of this print was first listed in John Bowles's catalogue for 1753, in the series 'Perspective Views in and about London', p.44, number 19"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: R,9.27., Plate from: A survey of the cities of London and Westminster, and the borough of Southwark. London : Printed for W. Innys and J. Richardson [etc.], 1754-55., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Plate numbered "5" beneath lower right corner of image., Folded to 25.5 x 24.5 cm; mounted to 32 x 26 cm., and Mounted on page 181 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Publisher:
W. Innys and J. Richardson, etc.
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Saint James's Park (London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760,, Horse Guards (London, England : Building),, and Great Britain. Treasury
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, Parks, Government facilities, Soldiers, Parades & processions, Spectators, and Carriages & coaches
"Front of the building, with rusticated wall with balustrade and ball ornaments and two gates to front court; two carriages on street outside"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text etched within banner at top of image., Plate from: Stow, J. A survey of the cities of London and Westminster, and the borough of Southwark. London, Printed for W. Innys and J. Richardson [etc.], 1754-55., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered "15" in lower right corner., and Mounted on modern secondary support.
Publisher:
Published according to act of Parliament, 1754, for Stowes Survey
"View of the Monument and surrounding square, off Fish Street Hill; a few figures in foreground, a carriage to the left"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text etched within banner at top of image., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., Plate from: Stow, J. A survey of the cities of London and Westminster, and the borough of Southwark. London, Printed for W. Innys and J. Richardson [etc.], 1754-55., Two columns of text etched within scrolls in upper left and upper right corners: This pillar was set up in perpetual remēbrance of [the] most dreadfull burning of this city, Anno 1666 ..., and Plate numbered "1" in lower right corner.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Topic):
Monument, The (London, England), Monuments & memorials, and Plazas
"Bird's eye view of the once fashionable Golden Square, after the alterations, showing a round lawn and central statue of George II with octagonal railings and lampstands, a sedan chair to the right, a carriage passing across central foreground, two further carriages travelling around the square"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text etched within banner at top of image., Plate from: Stow, J. A survey of the cities of London and Westminster, and the borough of Southwark. London, Printed for W. Innys and J. Richardson [etc.], 1754-55., and Plate numbered "25" in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Published according to act of Parliament, 1754, for Stowe's Survey
"Bird's eye view of the square; a statue in centre of square, trees surrounding outside of square, which is cobbled with diagonal paved paths running in towards statue; a sedan chair to its left and a carriage to the right; a few elegantly dressed figures in foreground"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text etched within banner at top of image., Plate from: Stow, J. A survey of the cities of London and Westminster, and the borough of Southwark. London, Printed for W. Innys and J. Richardson [etc.], 1754-55., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Plate numbered "21" in lower right corner., and Left half of sheet window mounted to 44 x 36 cm.; right half of sheet unmounted and previously folded over.
Publisher:
Published according to act of Parliament, 1754, for Stowes Survey
"View of Buckingham House from outside the gates on to the park, without the fountain, a few elegantly dressed figures strolling around the yard, other figures outside gates in the park; an inscription on the building is lettered 'Sic Siti Laetantur Lares'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text etched within banner at top of image., Plate from: Stow, J. A survey of the cities of London and Westminster, and the borough of Southwark. London, Printed for W. Innys and J. Richardson [etc.], 1754-55., and Plate numbered "22" in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Published according to act of Parliament, 1754, for Stowe's Survey
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Stow, John, 1525?-1605. and Buckingham Palace (London, England),
View of the church of St. Mary-le-Bow in Cheapside, London; figures and carriages on street in foreground; shops adjoining church to the left
Description:
Title from text etched within banner at top of image., Plate numbered "10" in lower right corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate from: Stow, J. A survey of the cities of London and Westminster, and the borough of Southwark. London, Printed for W. Innys and J. Richardson [etc.], 1754-55.
Publisher:
Published according to act of Parliament, 1754, for Stowes Survey
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Stow, John, 1525?-1605. and St. Mary-le-Bow (Church : London, England),
Title from text below image., Questionable date of publication from manuscript annotation in pencil on similar print in The Lewis Walpole Library. See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Topos L847 no. 120+., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on left edge.
A broadside on London Bridge and its partial destruction by fire on 11 April 1758, with an account on the history of bridges on the site and an engraving of the view of London and the River Thames, with the remains of London Bridge in the centre above; engraved title above and letterpress title and text in two columns below
Alternative Title:
Chronological and historical account from the first building a bridge across the River Thames from London to Southwark ...
Description:
Title from etched text above the design., Letterpress caption title below image and above the two columns of text: A chronological and historical account from the first building a bridge across the River Thames from London to Southwark, 'till the late conflagration of the temporary bridge, the 11th of April, 1758., Titled 'An exact View of London Bridge since the conflagration of the late temporary Bridge, 11th of April, 1758: with an historical account of ditto, sold by W. Herbert' in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc, London, 1829., "Price one shilling plain. Colour'd eighteen pence.", Plate mark: 22 x 35 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed with loss of price statement from bottom edge., and Mounted to: 57 x 38 cm.
Publisher:
Sold by William Herbert, under the Piazzas, on the remains of London-Bridge
Subject (Geographic):
Thames River (England), England, London, London., and London (England)
"View of the bridge from mid-stream on the Thames; the City Barge and other boats in foreground, Westminster Abbey beyond bridge to the right, and Lambeth House further along the riverbank to the left"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Publisher and date of publication from that of the volume in which print appears., Plate from: Maitland, W. The history and survey of London from its foundation to the present time ... London : Printed for T. Osborne, 1760., Six columns of descriptive text, three on each side of title, etched below image., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
T. Osborne
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., Westminster Bridge (London, England),, and London (England)
"View in the park with spectators watching the parade, as George II makes his way to the House of Lords, showing the Horse Guards and the Treasury"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of the same composition
Alternative Title:
Vüe de la parade dans le Parc de St. James : le Treser, le nouveau batiment de Gardes a Cheval, et la procession du Roy allant a la Chambre des Seigneurs
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication based on the separation of John and Carington Bowles's names in imprint statement. See British Museum online catalogue., Later state of a print originally published in 1753. See British Museum online catalogue., and Plate numbered "35" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhil [sic], & Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard
"View of the Mansion House looking down Cornhill and Lombard Street on the left, and also showing the west side of the building on the right; a grand carriage drawn by six horses passing front of building, many figures dotted across streets, a sedan chair crossing from the left"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of the same composition
Alternative Title:
Vüe de l'Hôtel du Lord Maire
Description:
Title from caption on separate sheet pasted below image., Terminal date of publication based on form of publisher's name in imprint. See British Museum online catalogue., Bottom portion of sheet with title and imprint has been trimmed, and the two resulting sheets pasted to a cardboard secondary support., The Lewis Walpole Library: From the Topographical Prints collection., and Mounted to 33 x 47 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for Jno. Bowles and Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhill
Parkyns, George Isham, approximately 1750-approximately 1820, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 January 1795]
Call Number:
Topos L847 no. 56+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View showing the west front of the old Marylebone Manor House; a wall separating grounds of house from street, next to a gat in the walls a woman carrying a basket on her head stops to talk with a man leaning on a bollard, in the left foreground a man sits on a bench talking with another man who stands gesturing and pointing towards two barrels"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Reissue of Plate 7 from: Picturesque views of churches. London, 1791-1792. See British Museum online catalogue., The Lewis Walpole Library: From the Topographical Prints collection., and Mounted to 30 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1, 1795, by T. Simpson, St. Paul's Church Yard, and Darling & Thompson, Gt. Newport Strt and Printed by I. Pushee
"View of the south front of the Church of St Mary-le-Strand; a carriage passing to the left, the edge of Somerset House on the left"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
South front of Saint Mary's Church, Strand
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: A picturesque tour through the cities of London and Westminster. London: T. Malton, 1792 [i.e. 1802]., and Window mounted to 49 x 35 cm.
"View looking down the street towards St Paul's Cathedral, the dome of which rises in the distance, the Exchange on the right; elegantly dressed figures, street traders and carriages in street"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Imprint from impression in the British Museum., Plate from: A picturesque tour through the cities of London and Westminster. London: T. Malton, 1792 [i.e. 1802]., and Sheet trimmed with loss of imprint statement.
Publisher:
Published Novr. 5th, 1798, by T. Malton
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., and London (England)
Subject (Topic):
Commercial facilities and Arcades (Architectural components)
"View from the street of the grand west front, the north front with portico not in view; elegantly dressed figures in foreground"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Imprint from impression in the British Museum., Plate from: A picturesque tour through the cities of London and Westminster. London: T. Malton, 1792 [i.e. 1802]., The Lewis Walpole Library impression: sheet trimmed with loss of imprint statement., The Lewis Walpole Library: From the Topographical Prints collection., and Window mounted to 48 x 36 cm.
"View of the Tower of London from the river, looking east; a few boats by quay in front, some with tall masts, smaller boats in foreground"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate from: A picturesque tour through the cities of London and Westminster. London: T. Malton, 1792 [i.e. 1802].
Title from caption below image., Printmaker, publisher and approximate date of publication from similar prints in The Lewis Walpole Library. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library Topos L847 no. 53+., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint., Probably a plate from: A picturesque tour through the cities of London and Westminster. London: T. Malton, 1792 [i.e. 1802]., The Lewis Walpole Library: From the Topographical Prints collection., and Window mounted to 48 x 36 cm.
