English School (circa 1730)

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English School (circa 1730)

Westminster from the Thames, with Westminster Abbey and Hall, The Banqueting House, Whitehall, and Somerset House; and Greenwich from the Thames with King Charles's Block, and Duke Humphrey's Tower on the Hill beyond

with inscription on the mount in a later hand 'London Westminster before Westminster Bridge was built' (overmounted); pencil, black chalk, grey wash, watermark Arms of Amsterdam
7¾ x 14in. (198 x 355mm.); and slightly smaller (2)

Lot Essay

The view of Westminster dates from circa 1720 before the Towers were added to Westminster Abbey. Duke Humphrey's Tower, Greenwich was demolished early in 1675 to make way for the foundation work of the Observatory, which began in August 1675. The viewpoint of the drawing obscures the Queen's House

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