[A set of four views].
A View of the Westminster Bridge, London; A View of the Royal Exchange, London; A View of the Monument erected in Memory of the dreadfull Fire in the Year 1666, London; A View of Somerset House with S. Marys Church, London.
Augsburg,
Georg Balthasar Probst,
[c.1760].
Four copper engraved prints.
Image: each approximately 315 by 415mm (12.5 by 16.25 inches). Sheet: each approximately 370 by 510mm (14.5 by 20 inches).
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Four views of London by Georg Balthasar Probst, a German engraver who was best known for the optical prints he produced of European cities and landmarks. The prints could be viewed in a special device to give an impression of deepened perspective.
The prints show Westminster Bridge, with St. Pauls in the left background, after a 1753 print by Thomas Boydell; the Royal Exchange from Cornhill; the Monument erected to the victims of the Fire of London, designed by S...
The prints show Westminster Bridge, with St. Pauls in the left background, after a 1753 print by Thomas Boydell; the Royal Exchange from Cornhill; the Monument erected to the victims of the Fire of London, designed by S...
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