Prince Rupert's House, Barbican - Original J.T. Smith Engraving - 1800
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Original copper engraving of 1800 with a view of Prince Rupert's House in Beech Lane, Barbican, London, a seventeenth-century house traditionally associated with Prince Rupert of the Rhine. Engraved by John Thomas Smith for his Antiquities of London and its Environs.
Original copper engraving of 1800 with a view of Prince Rupert's House in Beech Lane, Barbican, London, a seventeenth-century house traditionally associated with Prince Rupert of the Rhine. Engraved by John Thomas Smith for his Antiquities of London and its Environs.
Lettered below "London, Pub.d May 1.st 1800, by John Manson, Pall Mall" and, at the right, the reference "See Pennant's London, 3d Edit.", found on the prints issued to illustrate Thomas Pennant's London. Laid down on a period sheet which carries another engraving on the reverse, a woodcut titled "Prince Rupert's Palace, Barbican", annotated in pencil as coming from The Mirror, 1837.
Medium: Copper engraving (line engraving) in black and white; woodcut on the reverse
Engraver: John Thomas Smith (1766-1833)
Date: May 1, 1800
Source: J. T. Smith, Antiquities of London and its Environs (London, 1800); published by John Manson, Pall Mall
Dimensions: Sheet 7.5 x 9.4 in (19 x 24 cm); the engraving on the reverse 3.1 x 4.1 in (8 x 10.5 cm)
Condition: Good general condition. Laid down on a mount with yellow fillet borders, with toning and light foxing at the edges of the mount and a small crease at the lower right corner
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Original copper engraving of 1800 with a view of Prince Rupert's House in Beech Lane, Barbican, London, a seventeenth-century house traditionally associated with Prince Rupert of the Rhine. Engraved by John Thomas Smith for his Antiquities of London and its Environs.