A Plan of Part of the Ancient City of Westminster, from College Street to Whitehall, and from the Thames to St. James's Park, in which are laid down all the New Streets that have been built & other alterations made since the building of Westminster Bridge

unknown artist, eighteenth century, A Plan of Part of the Ancient City of Westminster, from College Street to Whitehall, and from the Thames to St. James's Park, in which are laid down all the New Streets that have been built & other alterations made since the building of Westminster Bridge, printed 1740, drawn ca. 1760

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Creator:

unknown artist eighteenth century

Title:

A Plan of Part of the Ancient City of Westminster, from College Street to Whitehall, and from the Thames to St. James's Park, in which are laid down all the New Streets that have been built & other alterations made since the building of Westminster Bridge

Additional Title(s):

Plan of Westminster, Overlaid with a Design for the Platform on the Coronation Route of George III

Date:

printed 1740, drawn ca. 1760

Materials & Techniques:

Line engraving marked with pen and black ink, blue wash, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 20 15/16 × 28 3/4 inches (53.2 × 73 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "The Platform on which the Procession of the | [Coro]nation of His Majesty H. Geo. 3d is to Pass"; in graphite, lower right: "D"; on verso in pen and brown ink, upper right: "Plan of Part of Westminster"; verso inscribed in 20th century hand, feint graphite, upper right: "Map c. 1760 | Bridge opened 1750 | Act for new roads 1756"

Watermark: crowned cartouche with LVG below, and IV

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1977.14.22444

Classification:

Prints

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Subject Terms:

architectural subject | city planning | coronation | plan (formal concept)

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Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:54998

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