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![ROBSON, G[eorge] F[ennel], after BENNET, W[illiam] South West View of St Paul's Cathedral, and Blackfriars Bridge](https://omega.crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/12328_1H.jpg)
South West View of St Paul's Cathedral, and Blackfriars Bridge
Dedicated by permission to the Right Honourable Thomas Smith Esq. Lord Mayor of London, by his Lordship's most obedient humble servant, G.F. Robson.
London,
Published G. F. Robson, No. 36 Percy Street,
Oct. 9th, 1810.
Engraving aquatint, original hand colour.
Image: 401 by 592mm (15.75 by 23.25 inches). Sheet: 530 by 713mm (20.75 by 28 inches).
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notes:
A view of St Paul's Cathedral and Blackfriars Bridge. The cathedral is in shadow, but the bridge and river are bathed in sunlight.
The view is dedicated to Thomas Smith, the Lord Mayor of London for the year 1809, from the Worshipful Company of Leathersellers.
William James Bennett (1787−1844) was a British painter and engraver, active in the United States from 1816. He was a founder member of the Associated Artists in Watercolour in 1808, and twelve y...
The view is dedicated to Thomas Smith, the Lord Mayor of London for the year 1809, from the Worshipful Company of Leathersellers.
William James Bennett (1787−1844) was a British painter and engraver, active in the United States from 1816. He was a founder member of the Associated Artists in Watercolour in 1808, and twelve y...
bibliography:
BM 1880,1113.1485; RIBA SC131/7.
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