Museum Object Number1969.0894.004 |
Print (Etching)
A View of the Parish Church of S.\t John the Evangelist, Westminster.
Prints and Maps
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Robert Sayer (Publisher)
Sayer became active as a printseller as early as the late 1740s. He built up his stock of copper plates by taking over others’ inventories, first Philip Overton, then James McArdell when he died in 1765. He worked in partnership with John Bennett from around 1774 to 1785, then operated alone again through 1793. When he died in February 1794, the firm (along with Sayer’s stock of plates) were taken over by another London print firm, Laurie & Whittle.
1725
02//1794
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1740-1800
1. Inscription; Legend, verso, lower center; London Printed for Rob.\t Sayer Print & Mapseller at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street.
Building view; City view
Ink; Watercolor; Paper
Etched, Hand colored, Painted
10.7 (H) , 17 (W) , 9.8 (Image H) , 15.8 (Image W)
27.3 (H) , 43.3 (W) , 9.8 (Image H) , 15.8 (Image W)
Legend on verso: H: 0.6 in. (1.6 cm). W: 15 .8 in. (40.3 cm).
Sayer, Robert
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Hand colored with watercolors
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