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A view of the Foundling Hospital Vü̈e d'Hopital des Enfans Trouves
Title
A view of the Foundling Hospital [graphic] = Vü̈e d'Hopital des Enfans Trouves.
Publication
London : Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck, near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street, [ca. 1750]
Physical Description
1 print : etching with engraving ; plate mark 17.2 x 27.6 cm, on sheet 24 x 38 cm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Titles etched below image, in English and French.
Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.4790.
Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve views of his Majesty's palaces and royal hospitals, and other public buildings in London, &c.", 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 87, no. 9.
Imperfect; plate number erased from upper right corner of sheet. Missing number supplied from impression in the British Museum.
Plate numbered "4" in upper right corner.
Provenance
Formerly owned by James Comerford, with his armorial bookplate in the volume.
Summary
"View of the hospital, from behind the gates at the end of the long approach; countryside scattered with villages and roads behind; figures in foreground and carriages approaching hospital; in foreground a tavern on the left and part of a walled garden on the right."--British Museum online catalogue.
Variant and related titles
Vü̈e d'Hopital des Enfans Trouves
Format
Images
Language
English; French
Added to Catalog
June 16, 2022
References
Crace, J. Catalogue of maps, plans and views of London, Westminster and Southwark, no. 71, page 582
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Views.
Etchings - England - London - 1750.
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