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A view from Richmond Hill down the river Paisage du haut de la Montagne de Richmond en descendant la Tamise
Title
A view from Richmond Hill down the river [graphic] = Paisage du haut de la Montagne de Richmond en descendant la Tamise.
Publication
[London] : Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street, [not before 1747]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; plate mark 17.8 x 27.8 cm, on sheet 24 x 30 cm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Titles etched below image, in English and French.
Date of publication based on Robert Sayer's earliest year of activity. The address "near Sergeants Inn, Fleet Street" only appears on his very early prints; see British Museum online catalogue.
Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Views of villages, noblemen and gentlemen's seats, &c. situate on, or near the river Thames", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, page 88, no. 13.
Plate numbered "3" in upper right corner.
Provenance
Formerly owned by James Comerford, with his armorial bookplate in the volume.
Summary
"View of the town from Richmond Hill, the Thames at the centre, a road in the right foreground with figures and a coach."--British Museum online catalogue.
Variant and related titles
Paisage du haut de la Montagne de Richmond en descendant la Tamise
Format
Images
Language
English; French
Added to Catalog
June 13, 2022
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Landscape prints.
Views.
Etchings - England - London - 1747.
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