A View of the Bank of England, Threadneedle Street, London.
The Centre erected 1733, G. Sampson, Architect. Sir Robert Taylor, Knt., Architect of the Wings.
London,
Published by F. West, 83 Fleet Street,
[c.1840].
Engraving with hand colour.
Image: 270 by 415mm (10.75 by 16.25 inches). Sheet: 355 by 495mm (14 by 19.5 inches).
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notes:
A later impression of Henry Carington Bowles and Samuel Carver's print of the Bank of England. West has acquired the Bowles plates when Robert Wilkinson's (Bowles and Carver's successor) stock and plates were auctioned by Sotheby's on 29 September 1825. West would republished the print in 'A Collection of Views of Old London and its Environs'.
The print shows the Bank from Threadneedle Street, with the central gateway designed by George Sampson in 1734, and addit...
The print shows the Bank from Threadneedle Street, with the central gateway designed by George Sampson in 1734, and addit...
bibliography:
BM 1875,0508.1430; Adams 193.20.
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