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[An allegory of learning and scientific enquiry.]
A. Walker Inv. Del. et Sculp.
Engrav'd for the General Magazine of Arts & Sciences for W. Owen at Temple Bar 1756.
Etching, frontispiece(?), image 170 x 105mm. 6¾ x 4¼". One small tear to upper margin.
The composition includes scholars pouring over a globe, one with a compass, also an orrery, boys with writing tablets and books in a library in the background. For Benjamin Martin's 'General magazine of arts and sciences' (W. Owen, 1755-1757). Following initial issue as monthly parts, directions were provided for binding annual volumes. See Wellcome Library 35600/B.
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A View of London Bridge with the Ruins of ye Temporary Bridge, Drawn the Day after the Dreadful Fire April the 11.th 1758, by A. Walker.
A. Walker delin et Sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament June 28. 1758. London Printed for John Ryall at Hogarth's Head in Fleet Street.
Rare coloured etching. Sheet 245 x 385mm (9½ x 15¼"). Trimmed within plate on all sides.
A view of Old London Bridge from upstream, showing the ruins of the bridge after a fire broke out during renovations that including the demolition of the houses on the bridge. It was believed that the fire was deliberate and a reward of £200 was offered for the capture of the arsonists.
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A View of London Bridge with the Ruins of ye Temporary Bridge, Drawn the Day after the Dreadfull Fire April 11th 1758 by A. Walker.
A. Walker delin et Sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, June 28, 1758, by R. Wilkinson, 58, Cornhill. [but c.1800.]
Coloured engraving. 260 x 400mm (10¼ x 15¾"). '7' in m.s. top right.
While work to strengthen London Bridge, including the clearing of all buildings on the bridge, a fire broke out that destroyed the central drawbridge. Because the fire began on both sides of the bridge it is believed that it was arson. A temporary bridge was open to carriages less than a month later.
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