The House of Lord Archer in Covent Garden.
[Sutton Nicholls?]
Published according to Act of Parliament 1754, for Stowes Survey.
Etching with engraving. 350 x 465mm (13¾ x 18¼"). Original folds. Small margins.
43 King Street, Covent Garden, built in 1717 for Admiral Russell, 1st Earl of Orford, to designs by Thomas Archer. The Lord Archer of the title was the architect's nephew, also Thomas (1695-1768), who had married Lord Orford's great-niece in 1726 and came into ownership of the house in 1729. He was raised to the peerage in 1747 as 1st Baron Archer. The house, once the home of the National Sporting Club, is now the London premises of 'Glossier', a cosmetics firm. From the sixth edition printed in 1754 - 1755 of John Stowe's work 'A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminter and the Borough of Sothwark', originally published in 1598 and 1603.
[Ref: 62522] £260.00
Published according to Act of Parliament 1754, for Stowes Survey.
Etching with engraving. 350 x 465mm (13¾ x 18¼"). Original folds. Small margins.
43 King Street, Covent Garden, built in 1717 for Admiral Russell, 1st Earl of Orford, to designs by Thomas Archer. The Lord Archer of the title was the architect's nephew, also Thomas (1695-1768), who had married Lord Orford's great-niece in 1726 and came into ownership of the house in 1729. He was raised to the peerage in 1747 as 1st Baron Archer. The house, once the home of the National Sporting Club, is now the London premises of 'Glossier', a cosmetics firm. From the sixth edition printed in 1754 - 1755 of John Stowe's work 'A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminter and the Borough of Sothwark', originally published in 1598 and 1603.
[Ref: 62522] £260.00