The Royal Hospital, Chelsea: aerial view of the building and grounds, looking from the Surrey side of the river. Engraving, c.1761.
- Date:
- 1761
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- 20252i
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London, 1761.
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1 print : engraving ; image 23.5 x 39 cm
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A view of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea & the Rotunda in Ranelaigh Gardens.
Title at the top-in French-is mirror reversed for use with an optical diagonal machine [see C.J. Kaldenbach, Pèrspective views', in Print Quarterly, vol. 2, 1985, pp 87-104]. The descriptive lettering below is repeated in French
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Wellcome Collection 20252i
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