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To S.r Hugh Smithson Bar.t, This View of the City of London Taken through one of the Centers of the Arches of the New Bridge at Westminster and Engrav'd from a Painting of Canaletti, is most hum.bly Dedicated by hus most Obliged Humble Servant. John Brindley.
Canaletti Pinx. S. Wale delin. R. Parr Sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1747.
Very Scarce engraving. 435 x 590mm (17 x 23¼"), with large margins. Slight centre fold.
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1697-1768) lived in London from 1746 to 1756, the early part coinciding with the building of Westminster Bridge, which was only the second bridge to be built in the metropolis. This view of London was taken from under one of the arches of the bridge, with the wooden buttressing in place, three years before the bridge opened. The original oil is in the Duke of Northumberland's collection in Syon House. Canaletto also painted both Sion House and the Duke's London home, Northumberland House. A fine panorama of London from the River.
[Ref: 52903] £1,150.00
Canaletti Pinx. S. Wale delin. R. Parr Sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1747.
Very Scarce engraving. 435 x 590mm (17 x 23¼"), with large margins. Slight centre fold.
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1697-1768) lived in London from 1746 to 1756, the early part coinciding with the building of Westminster Bridge, which was only the second bridge to be built in the metropolis. This view of London was taken from under one of the arches of the bridge, with the wooden buttressing in place, three years before the bridge opened. The original oil is in the Duke of Northumberland's collection in Syon House. Canaletto also painted both Sion House and the Duke's London home, Northumberland House. A fine panorama of London from the River.
[Ref: 52903] £1,150.00