A View of Somerset House with S. Marys Church, London
name: label: Publisher
content: Georg Balthasar Probst, German, 1732 - 1801
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Perspective view of Somerset House and St. Mary's Church down Strand Street in London. The church spire rises prominently at right, with the wide street extending into the background at center. Somerset House is visible at immediate left, with a neoclassical façade. The windows of most buildings lining the street are cut out, with fabric and thread visible through the openings. Horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians are scattered mill about the street. A blue sky fills the top margin. Printed along bottom margin: AView of Somerset House with S. Marys Church, London. / Veduta della Casa Reale di Somerset, colla Chiesa di S. Maria
label: Description
content: Verso: Patches of colored fabric, visibly attached with thread. Printed label:Vuë de la Maison Royale de Somerset avec l"Eglise de S. Mar [---] a Londres. / a Londra. / Gesicht des Königl: Haußes Somerset, sant der S. Maria Kirch zu London. / I.G. Winckler Sc. / Cum Gratia et.Privilegio Sac: Caes: Majestatis. / Georg Balthsar Probst, excud. A.V.
place: label: made in
content: Augsburg, Germany
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-84-32-14
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Hand-colored etching on paper; verso: fabric adhered with thread
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Print): 27 × 39.3 cm (10 5/8 × 15 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Page): 28.4 × 43.9 cm (11 3/16 × 17 5/16 in.)