print
- Museum number
- 1875,0508.1422
- Title
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Object: Lambeth. The Archbishop of Canterbury's Palace
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Series: A Collection of Views of old London and its environs
- Description
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A view of a grand house from across the River Thames, a ferry in the foreground among rowing boats and Westminster Bridge in the distance to the left, with St Paul's beyond; a later publication by Francis West. 1745, this state c.1840
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1745
- Dimensions
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Height: 270 millimetres
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Width: 428 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This print was first published by John Bowles, and the series is listed in John Bowles' catalogue for 1749 pp.34-5. They are there described as perspective views, and this plate is number 31.
This impression was published by Francis West, as part of his 'Collection of Views', consisting of plates from the stock of John Bowles and his successors, dating from the mid-eighteenth century.
For an early impression published by Bowles see 1880,1113.1251
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1875
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1875,0508.1422
