Object Number 1966.1404

Object Name

Print (Etching)

Title

A View of the Parade of S.\t James Park, The New Buildings for the/ Horse Guards, The Admiralty with His Majesty Going to the House of Lords &c.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Thomas Bowles (Etcher)
c. 1712-c.1753

Canaletto (Painter)
10/18/1697-04/20/1768

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

Date

1750-1765

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Top left on legend on verso; Canaleti delix,
2. Inscription; Top center on legend on reverse; Publish\d according to Act of Parliament
3. Inscription; Top right on legend on verso; T Bowles sculp
4. Inscription; Bottom center; London Printed for & Sold by Rob.\t Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter Lane Fleet Street.

Subjects

Building view; City view

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper; Cardboard

Techniques

Etched, Hand colored

Dimensions (inches)

10.6 (H) , 16.9 (W) , 9.1 (Image H) , 15.3 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

27 (H) , 43 (W) , 9.1 (Image H) , 15.3 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Overall measurements of support. H at left. W at bottom. Image measurements by sight.

Publisher Summary

Sayer, Robert

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

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