Title
A VIEW of the CITIES of LONDON and WESTMINSTER, with the SUBURBS and CIRCUMJACENT COUNTRY. Shewing the steeples of all the Churches and as many of the Public Buildings as are seen from the gallery of the steeple of Islington which Town appears in the fore ground., from the Gallery of the Steeple of Islington. / Delineated Etched and done in Aquatinto by John Swertner.
Creator
Swertner, Johannes, 1746-1813 artist, printmaker, publisher.
Publication details
[London] : Published as the Act directs July 1 1789 by John Swertner No 10 Nevils Court Fetter Lane London., [July 1 1789]
Physical details
1 print : etching and aquatint with blue wash ; first plate 32.7 x 75.6 cm, second plate 12.2 x 75.6 cm, on sheet 46.5 x 76.9 cm
Description
Two plates printed on a single sheet: the first a birds-eye view from Islington towards the City of London with St Paul's in the centre; the second a key to the first, with identifications of places numbered from A-Z, a-z, 1-90. The second plate contains the index of places and the publication line Published as the Act directs by I. Swertner Aug. 1st 1789"."
Place
London (England)
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.21.56.