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Object Type
Museum number: 1880,0911.734
Title: Series: Select Views
Description: The Custom House; view from the street of the old Custom House looking down the street towards London Bridge; sail masts visible on the left behind wooden shacks with pulley systems; in foreground to left a man lies on a pile of sacks, other men in street next to barrels, the colonnades of the Custom House in foreground to left; proof before title. 1800 Etching
Producer name: Print made by: William Watts; After: James Miller; Published by: Colnaghi
School/style
Production date: 1800
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 212 millimetres; Width: 291 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: This series of 'Select Views' published by Colnaghi originally consisted of eight plates published in 1796, which were reissued in 1800 along with nine further plates of views of London. Many of the views are credited to the draughstman Miller (possibly James Miller), and the engravers Medland and Watts are responsible for the majority of the plates. A sheet of descriptive text accompanied each plate. See 1880,1113.1628 for lettered state.
Bibliographic references: Crace 1878 / A Catalogue of Maps, Plans and Views of London, Westminster and Southwark, collected and arranged by Frederick Crace (VIII.23); Adams 1983 / London Illustrated 1604-1850: a survey and index of topographical books and their plates (76.13)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated places: Topographic representation of: London
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1880
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1880,0911.734

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