Object Number 1984.0037

Object Name

Print (Line etching)

Title

A View of the Canal in S.\t James's Park Buckingham/ House &c. .......... Vüe du Canal et de la Maison de Buckingham/ dans le Parc de S.\t James.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Robert Sayer (Publisher)
1725-02//1794
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.

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom center; Printed for Rob.\t Sayer, Map & Printseller at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn Fleet Street.

Subjects

Landscape

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Etched, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

8.55 (H) , 13.68 (W) , 6.43 (Image H) , 10.19 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

21.71 (H) , 34.75 (W) , 6.43 (Image H) , 10.19 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H near left. W at center. Plate H: 6.8 in. (17.2 cm). Plate W: 10.85 in. (27.57 cm). Chain interval: 2.6-2.8 cm; laid lines per cm not measured.

Publisher Summary

Sayer, Robert

Place of Publication

Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Watermark

none

Coloring

Hand colored with transparent and opaque watercolors

Object Description

Text available soon.