Aspect General de Londres
Vue Prise de l'Abbaye de Westminster.
Paris,
Dusacq. Edr. 14 Boulev. De Poissonniere,
[c.1870].
Engraving with aquatint.
Image: 517 by 835mm (20.25 by 32.75 inches). Sheet: 650 by 905mm (25.5 by 35.75 inches).
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notes:
The sixth, and final, state of the print, "retouched" by Guesnu. Brunel's Hungerford Suspension Bridge has been re-engraved to become the Charing Cross Railway Bridge, though some of its suspension cables are still visible. It shows Charing Cross Station, Victoria Embankment, Albert Embankment, St Thomas's Hospital, Cannon Street Railway Bridge (but not Station), and Blackfriars Railway Bridge (very sketchily).
We are aware of a fifth state, without the additions...
We are aware of a fifth state, without the additions...
bibliography:
provenance:
Lavishly lithographed prospectus from the house of Day & Haghe
For the Stranger to late Georgian London
Birds-eye view of the Square Mile
Printed on silk
Trade card for maker of Philosophical Instruments 

![APPERT, Arnaud; [after] Nicolas Marie Joseph CHAPUY, as "Chapuis"; [and] Xavier GUESNU; [printed by] Alfred CHARDON. Aspect General de Londres](https://i0.wp.com/crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/12481_1H.jpg?fit=1700%2C1219&ssl=1)
