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Hospitum Mente-Captorum Londinense. A Prospect Of the Hospitall called Bedlam for the releife of Persons distracted, w.ch by ye great care & incouragement of S.r William Turner Knight (Alderman sometime Lord Mayor of London) the most worthy President, Benjamin Ducane: Esq.r Treasurer, and ye other Governo.rs of the Hospitall was begun in Aprill, 1675 amd finished in July 1676.
R. White Sculpsit.
Sold by W. Herbert at the Golden Globe on London Bridge. [n.d., c.1750.]
Scarce engraving on three sheets conjoined, total 1190 x 580mm. Some restoration with mss. fill. Small margins.
An elevation of famous mental hospital Moorfields, designed by Sir Robert Hooke. The governors of the hospital funded the first publication (1677) of this exceptionally large view, paying Robert White £40 to engrave the three plates and having final approval of his work. After presentation copies of the print were run off (for the govenors, Charles II and James, Duke of York, and others), the printing plates were given as a reward for service to the Clerk of the Governors 'to make the best advantage hee can thereof'. By 1694 the plates were owned by John Garrett (whose partially erase imprint can be seen at the bottom centre), before becoming the property of William Herbert. Herbert's address was the Golden Globe on London Bridge, one of ten new buildings erected on the bridge in 1749. He was forced to move when the bridge was cleared of buildings in 1759.
BM 1977,U.824. Antony Griffiths, 'The Print in Stuart Britain', BM 1998, cat.186.
[Ref: 51455] £1,500.00
R. White Sculpsit.
Sold by W. Herbert at the Golden Globe on London Bridge. [n.d., c.1750.]
Scarce engraving on three sheets conjoined, total 1190 x 580mm. Some restoration with mss. fill. Small margins.
An elevation of famous mental hospital Moorfields, designed by Sir Robert Hooke. The governors of the hospital funded the first publication (1677) of this exceptionally large view, paying Robert White £40 to engrave the three plates and having final approval of his work. After presentation copies of the print were run off (for the govenors, Charles II and James, Duke of York, and others), the printing plates were given as a reward for service to the Clerk of the Governors 'to make the best advantage hee can thereof'. By 1694 the plates were owned by John Garrett (whose partially erase imprint can be seen at the bottom centre), before becoming the property of William Herbert. Herbert's address was the Golden Globe on London Bridge, one of ten new buildings erected on the bridge in 1749. He was forced to move when the bridge was cleared of buildings in 1759.
BM 1977,U.824. Antony Griffiths, 'The Print in Stuart Britain', BM 1998, cat.186.
[Ref: 51455] £1,500.00
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[Views Near London.] by the Waterhouse. [&] By Islington. [&] On the North Side of London. [&] Waterhouse by Islington. [&] The Waterhouse.
W.Hollar delin: et sculp: 1665. [The Waterhouse] W.Hollar fecit 1665.
[The Waterhouse] Sold by John Overton.
Complete set of six etchings. Each c. 90 x 125mm (3½ x 5"). Three trimmed to the plate, 'Waterhouse by Islington with staining. Few small nicks. Old remains of album sheet verso; old ink stock numbers verso.
An early made up set.
Hind 915-20.
[Ref: 51449] £1,250.00 view all images for this item
W.Hollar delin: et sculp: 1665. [The Waterhouse] W.Hollar fecit 1665.
[The Waterhouse] Sold by John Overton.
Complete set of six etchings. Each c. 90 x 125mm (3½ x 5"). Three trimmed to the plate, 'Waterhouse by Islington with staining. Few small nicks. Old remains of album sheet verso; old ink stock numbers verso.
An early made up set.
Hind 915-20.
[Ref: 51449] £1,250.00 view all images for this item
London. Londres en Ballon. Excursions Aériennes.
Dessiné d'Après nature et lith. par Jules Arnout.
Paris, Bulla Frères et Jouy, Rue Tiquetonne, 18. London, Gambart, Junin & Co, 15 Berniers S.t. Oxf. S.t. [n.d., c.1850.]
Coloured lithograph. 355 x 455mm (14 x 18").
A view of London looking down from a hot air balloon, another in the distance. Taken from above Elephant and Castle, it shows Brunel's Hungerford Suspension Bridge and the Houses of Parliament before the completion of Big Ben's Clock Tower.
[Ref: 51348] £680.00
Dessiné d'Après nature et lith. par Jules Arnout.
Paris, Bulla Frères et Jouy, Rue Tiquetonne, 18. London, Gambart, Junin & Co, 15 Berniers S.t. Oxf. S.t. [n.d., c.1850.]
Coloured lithograph. 355 x 455mm (14 x 18").
A view of London looking down from a hot air balloon, another in the distance. Taken from above Elephant and Castle, it shows Brunel's Hungerford Suspension Bridge and the Houses of Parliament before the completion of Big Ben's Clock Tower.
[Ref: 51348] £680.00