drawing

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Object Type
Museum number: 1880,1113.2009
Description: View of Piccadilly from the Reservoir in Green Park; in the foreground to the left, a tree and figures on the bank, in the centre on the water, a wooden platform, possibly a mechanical ferry, with a man fishing and two other figures, and in the background a row of buildings including the Half Moon public house Watercolour
Producer name: Drawn by: James Miller; Formerly attributed to: Paul Sandby
School/style
Production date: 1773-1791
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 214 millimetres; Width: 375 millimetres
Curator's comments: According to information on the mount, the public house was burnt down about 1760.
Bibliographic references: Binyon 1898-1907 / Catalogue of drawings by British artists, and artists of foreign origin working in Great Britain (133) (as Paul Sandby); Crace 1878 / A Catalogue of Maps, Plans and Views of London, Westminster and Southwark, collected and arranged by Frederick Crace (X.75)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated places: Topographic representation of: London
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1880
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1880,1113.2009

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