Description | English 18th c. copperplate engravings from various publications of mostly views of historic buildings in London and rural Britain. (In plans drawer)
1-17 (1) Publications by Alex Hogg, London
(a) Churches of London (pencilled date “1756)
(b) From Walpoole’s “New & Complete British Traveller” views of Gloucester & Shrewsbury.
(c) From “Ruins and Ancient Buildings in England & Wales” including 14 pages of text.
(d) Engravers include Sparrow, Thornton, Coote and Record.
18-24 (2) Publications engraved by B Cole (see also S260/6)
(a) A town plan of Bishops-Gate Ward (central London but here with E.S.E. at top) 1754. Scale of about 280 feet to the inch, with much detail of buildings and open areas. Beautifully hand coloured.
(b) Views of churches in Bloomsbury and Middlesex.
(c) From a “History of London” view of St. Saviour Church, Southwark.
(d) Views of London churches and public buildings.
25-37 (3) Other publications
(a) From Chamberlain’s “History of London” views of public buildings and churches (pencilled date c. 1770)
(b) From Harrison’s “History of London” views of churches
(c) From “The modern Universal British Traveller” picturesque views of castles on mountains in Denbigh & Stirling
(d) From “The Complete English Traveller” views of St. Pauls Cathedral & Westminster Abbey, London (This print No. 34 needs repair)
(e) Unknown publication, London churches, possibly from 17th c. drawings.
(f) Unknown publication pp. 227-228 from an historical survey showing a square medieval chapel on a cliff, St. Albans, near Worth.
38-40 (4) Unknown publication of measured plans and elevations of major British buildings, inscribed in English & French (see more of this series in S260/47/1-55, S260/61) |