The South Prospect of the City of London [and] The North Prospect of the City of London & Westminster.
London,
Printed and Sold by John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill,
1732 [and] 1712.
Pair of engraved views, each printed on three sheets, joined.
Image: 571 by 1485mm (22.5 by 58.5 inches) and 610 by 1460mm (24 by 57.5 inches).
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notes:
A pair of views of the City of London taken from each side of the River Thames.
The south prospect is the third state of this panorama, originally published in 1710, probably by Henry Overton, in whose catalogue it appears in 1717. The coat of arms at the upper left corner has been changed from those of Queen Anne in the first state to the Hanoverian coat of arms, with the letters "GR" for "George Rex" above and the motto he adopted, "Dieu et mon droit", undernea...
The south prospect is the third state of this panorama, originally published in 1710, probably by Henry Overton, in whose catalogue it appears in 1717. The coat of arms at the upper left corner has been changed from those of Queen Anne in the first state to the Hanoverian coat of arms, with the letters "GR" for "George Rex" above and the motto he adopted, "Dieu et mon droit", undernea...
bibliography:
BM G,13.38 (south); BM G,13.38 (north).
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