The Patent Shot Manufactory, with a distant View of Blackfriars Bridge & St Pauls.
Drawn by D. Turner. Eng.d by C. Ansell. [Published Jan.y 1 1796.] Aquatint, printed in sepia. Sheet 195 x 270mm (7¾ x 10½"). Trimmed to printed border, laid on album paper at edges with a coloured lithograph. A view of the shot tower built by William Watt in 1789, taken from the Thames. The lithograph is ''The Fire (from Waterloo Bridge) Jan.y 5th 1826. Drawn, Printed & Pub.d on the Night of the Fire, at W. Days Lithog.c Office, 59, G.t. Queen S.t''. It shows the tower on fire, the interior and roof being destroyed.
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