Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 10

John Boydell
A View of London as it was in the Year 1647 pub. by Boydell 1756

1756

$2,225
£1,708.59
€1,960.02
CA$3,126.39
A$3,501.36
CHF 1,826.95
MX$42,767.55
NOK 23,244.12
SEK 21,910.37
DKK 14,627.37

About the Item

A View of London as it was in the Year 1647 is a hand colored copper engraving published by the well known British publisher and engraver John Boydell (1720-1804) and engraved by R.Benning sold at Cheapside London 1756. Panoramic view on two sheets conjoined as issued linen mounted. Lettered with title in French and English along the base of the image including a numbered key to the structures. In very good condition except for one 1/8 inch tear in the sky to the left of the middle seam that is barely noticeable. This is a large very detailed panorama of London before the Great Fire taken from the south bank of the river Thames, looking north. This long view is from Westminster Abbey to St. Katherine’s and Essex on the north side of the Thames and of Southwark on the south of the Thames in the foreground. From Boydell’s ‘ A Collection of One Hundred Views in England and Wales’. John Boydell ( 19 January 1720 (New Style) – 12 December 1804) was a British publisher noted for his reproductions of engravings. He helped alter the trade imbalance between Britain and France in engravings and initiated a British tradition in the art form. A former engraver himself, Boydell promoted the interests of artists as well as patrons and as a result his business prospered.
  • Creator:
    John Boydell (1719 - 1804)
  • Creation Year:
    1756
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 14 in (35.56 cm)Width: 38.38 in (97.49 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
    1750-1759
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Paonia, CO
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU780311297932

More From This Seller

View All
New York in 1835 from the Bay near Bellows Island
By Raoul Varin
Located in Paonia, CO
New York in 1835 from the bay near Bellows Island Raoul Varin ( 1856 - 1943 ) Hand-colored aquatint 1931 paper size 24.50 x 35 image size 17 x 22.75 cond...
Category

Early 20th Century Landscape Prints

Materials

Aquatint

London, England original signed original aquatint etching by J.J. Regal
Located in Paonia, CO
London, England is an original signed limited edition aquatint etching by French artist J.J. Regal printed on BFK Rives paper. This is a very bold design with an original depict...
Category

20th Century Expressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

A View at Bolcheretzko (Russia) 1784 Captains Cook Final Voyage by John Webber
By John Webber
Located in Paonia, CO
A View at Bolcheretzko (Russia) is from the 1784 First Edition Atlas Accompanying Capt. James Cook and King; Third and Final Voyage of Captain James Cook.John Webber (1752-1793) was ...
Category

1780s Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Engraving

Panorama of Washington Hand- Colored Engraving pub. by Charles Magnum 1860
Located in Paonia, CO
1860 Hand -colored engraving "Panorama of Washington D. C. published by Charles Magnus This is a long sheet topped by an oval portrait of Washington...
Category

1860s Other Art Style Landscape Prints

Materials

Engraving

An Inland View; in Atooi ( Hawaii ) 1784 Captain Cook engraving by John Webber
By John Webber
Located in Paonia, CO
An Inland View in Atooi ( Hawaii ) is from the 1784 First Edition Atlas Accompanying Capt. James Cook and King; Third and Final Voyage of Captain James Cook. This engraving depicts ...
Category

1780s Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Engraving

England Map of the County of Southampton from an Actual Survey
Located in Paonia, CO
Cartographers Christopher (1786-1855) and John (1791-1867) Greenwood were surveyors from Yorkshire, who undertook an ambitious project to produce a series of large-scale maps of the counties of England, Wales and Scotland.The maps represent a remarkable and impressive surveying achievement forming an important record of the counties depicted. In the years 1817-1832 the Greenwood brothers published the Atlas of The Counties of England from an Actual Survey. This Atlas was finely drafted and engraved and decorated with large vignettes of prominent buildings of the county. This map of Southampton County is beautifully hand colored and is in very good condition. There is a vignette of Winchester Cathedral...
Category

19th Century Other Art Style Landscape Prints

Materials

Engraving

You May Also Like

The South West Prospect of London – English School 18th century
Located in Middletown, NY
A stunning 18th century optical view of London from the Thames. London: 1760. Copper plate engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on cream laid paper with a large circular wate...
Category

Mid-18th Century English School Landscape Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Engraving

WERNER. A Panoramic View of London
Located in London, GB
London [WERNER, Friedrich Bernard]. Georg. Balthasar Probst, Augsburg, [c.1730]. A beautiful large, coloured panorama of ‘post fire’ London by Friedrich Bernhard Werner, a German pr...
Category

1730s Land Landscape Prints

Materials

Engraving, Handmade Paper, Watercolor

View of Greenwich and Down the River engraving by Stadler after Farington
Located in London, GB
Joseph Constantine Stadler (1755 - 1828) after Joseph Farington (1747 - 1821) View of Greenwich and Down the River (1795) Hand-coloured engraving 23 x 3...
Category

18th Century Landscape Prints

Materials

Engraving

Antique Print of London with St. Paul's Cathedral Before the Fire, ca.1725
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print London titled 'Londres, capitale de l'Angleterre'. Antique print of London with St. Paul's Cathedral (before the fire) in the...
Category

Antique 1720s Prints

Materials

Paper

The South East Prospect of Westminster Bridge
By Alfred Benjamin Cole
Located in Middletown, NY
After Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto Copper plate engraving with hand coloring on cream laid paper with the Arms of France watermark (a crown in shield topped by a fleur-de-lys and the letters GR), 22 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches (576 x 400 mm), wide to full margins. Multiple vertical and horizontal creases from folding and rolling; none appear to be particularly hard, there is however some associated cockeling. While there is some minor mat tone visible around the perimeter of the sheet, the extensive handcoloring remains extremely fresh and saturated in the intended areas. There are edge tears at each the right and left sheet edge (outside of the image area) due to an improper effort to mount the sheet to a mat. Otherwise in very good condition with all issues being consistent with age. The print is wrongly titled "The South East Prospect of Westminster Bridge...
Category

Mid-18th Century English School Landscape Prints

Materials

Laid Paper, Engraving, Watercolor

Rare City View of London and Westminster, Showing Many Battles Ships, 1804
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: The Cities of London & Westminster, accurately copied from the table of the Camera Obscura in the Royal Observatory at Greenwich This is a rare plate from a serie of 22 landmarks taken from Modern London, published in 1804 by Richard Phillips...
Category

Antique Early 1800s Prints

Materials

Paper