The Horse-Guards.
P. Sandby, delin. Edw.d Rooker sculp.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured etching. 415 x 550mm (16¼ x 21¾"), on laid paper, very large margins. Bottom right corner of margin clipped.
A view of John Vardy's new Horse Guards building from under a crumbling archway on Whitehall, now gone. Besides the soldiers, figures include a family of brush sellers, a coachman with whip and dog, a blind beggar and two fashionably dressed women with a child. A late printing of a plate issued 1768, with Paul Sandby's name replacing that of Michael Angelo Rooker and the publication line removed. One of Edward Rooker's 'Six Views of London'.
[Ref: 53008] £320.00
[n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured etching. 415 x 550mm (16¼ x 21¾"), on laid paper, very large margins. Bottom right corner of margin clipped.
A view of John Vardy's new Horse Guards building from under a crumbling archway on Whitehall, now gone. Besides the soldiers, figures include a family of brush sellers, a coachman with whip and dog, a blind beggar and two fashionably dressed women with a child. A late printing of a plate issued 1768, with Paul Sandby's name replacing that of Michael Angelo Rooker and the publication line removed. One of Edward Rooker's 'Six Views of London'.
[Ref: 53008] £320.00