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Auction archive: Lot number 46

Thomas Willson (fl. 1747)

Estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
ca. US$18,305 - US$24,407
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 46

Thomas Willson (fl. 1747)

Estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
ca. US$18,305 - US$24,407
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

WILLSON, Thomas (fl. 1747). An exact prospect of the magnificent stone bridge at Westminster with a view of the Abby, Lambeth Palace and other buildings &c. up the river Thames. London: H. Overton, 1747. One of only two known copies of this first edition of this view of Westminster Bridge, with Westminster Hall, the Abbey and Lambeth Palace clearly shown. Willson's engraving is a great deal more accurate than Canaletto's version and shows the massive stone balustrade which, pedestrians complained, obstructed the view. A coloured copy hangs in the Houses of Parliament. Another edition was issued in 1751, of which only two copies can be traced in institutions (British Museum and Technische Universitaet Darmstadt). Large engraved view printed on 2 sheets, oriented south showing Westminster Bridge with west to right, Houses of Parliament, Westminster Hall and Abbey in right-hand background, St John’s Smith Square centre-right, Lambeth Palace centre-left, and Chelsea, Vauxhall, Battersea and Putney in the distance, the river filled with numerous water-craft including the Royal Barge at centre foreground, 483 x 1182mm (plate mark), 540 x 1205mm (sheets together).

Auction archive: Lot number 46
Auction:
Datum:
14 May 2020 - 4 Jun 2020
Auction house:
Christie's
Online | 14 May - 4 June
Beschreibung:

WILLSON, Thomas (fl. 1747). An exact prospect of the magnificent stone bridge at Westminster with a view of the Abby, Lambeth Palace and other buildings &c. up the river Thames. London: H. Overton, 1747. One of only two known copies of this first edition of this view of Westminster Bridge, with Westminster Hall, the Abbey and Lambeth Palace clearly shown. Willson's engraving is a great deal more accurate than Canaletto's version and shows the massive stone balustrade which, pedestrians complained, obstructed the view. A coloured copy hangs in the Houses of Parliament. Another edition was issued in 1751, of which only two copies can be traced in institutions (British Museum and Technische Universitaet Darmstadt). Large engraved view printed on 2 sheets, oriented south showing Westminster Bridge with west to right, Houses of Parliament, Westminster Hall and Abbey in right-hand background, St John’s Smith Square centre-right, Lambeth Palace centre-left, and Chelsea, Vauxhall, Battersea and Putney in the distance, the river filled with numerous water-craft including the Royal Barge at centre foreground, 483 x 1182mm (plate mark), 540 x 1205mm (sheets together).

Auction archive: Lot number 46
Auction:
Datum:
14 May 2020 - 4 Jun 2020
Auction house:
Christie's
Online | 14 May - 4 June
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