Object Number 2002.0023.002

Object Name

Print (Etching)

Title

The Monument of LONDON in remembrance of the dreadfull Fire in 1666./ Its Height is 202 feet. Collone de LONDRES elevé pour unde Perpetuelle Resouvenance de L'incendre/ Generalle de cette Ville en 1666. En Haut 202 Pieds.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Linda Cassady in memory of Robert and Margaret Ames

Creator (Role)

Thomas Bowles (Draftsman, etcher and publisher)
c. 1712-c.1753

Robert Wilkinson and Bowels & Carver (Publisher)

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1793-1830

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; Bowles delin.
2. Inscription; Center beneath image; Printed according to Act of Parliament
3. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; Bowles sculp
4. Inscription; Bottom center; Printed for R. Wilkinson in Cornhill & Bowles & Carver, No.69,. S.\t Pauls Church Yard, London.

Subjects

Building view

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Line Etched

Dimensions (inches)

13.5 (H) , 18.8 (W) , 9.3 (Image H) , 15.6 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

34.4 (H) , 47.8 (W) , 9.3 (Image H) , 15.6 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at left): 10.1 in. (25.7 cm). Plate W (at bottom ): 16.0 in. (40.7 cm). Chain interval and laid lines per cm not measured.

Publisher Summary

Robert Wilkinson and Bowels & Carver

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Watermark

Center (sideways): crown over a fleur de lis and initials "G.R.'

Object Description

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