Print made by unknown artistAttributed to James Basire the younger, 1769–1822, British
Title:
Plate I. Memorials of the Commissioners for Improving Westminster, 1811
Date:
1811
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving on smooth, medium, white wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 5/8 × 12 5/8 inches (19.4 × 32.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, left center: "Plate I. MEMORIALS OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR IMPROVING WESTMINSTER. 1811"; upper left: "Stories Gate"; upper left: "Princes Court"; upper left: "Dartmouth Street"; center left: "Bennett Street"; lower left: "Tothill Street"; center left: "Princes Street"; upper left: "Great George Street"; upper left: "Mewse Mewse Mewse"; center: "Sessions House"; upper center: "Little George Street"; upper center: "Mewse"; upper center, numbers "1" to "9"; lower center: "Westminster Abbey"; center right: "St Margaret's Church"; center right: "Gordon Square"; upper right: "Bridge Street"; upper right: "New Palace Yard"; lower right: "252. Ordered by the HOUSE OF COMMONS | to be Printed 24th June 1811"; bottom left, scale bar numbered "100" to "400 feet"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.22696
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | stables | city planning
Associated Places:
Palace of Westminster | Dean's Yard | England | City of Westminster | London | United Kingdom