The Royal Exchange, London: view from roof height, with various men at business in the courtyard, emblematic devices in the sky area. Etching by B. Howlett, 1808, after F. Hogenburg, 1570.

  • Hogenburg, Francis, 1540-1590.
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1828
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23368i
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London : Thos. Hurst, Edwd. Chance & Co., 1828.

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1 print : etching ; image and border 18.4 x 24.3 cm

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The Royal Exchange was built at the expense of Sir Thomas Gresham, whose symbol was a grasshopper. The exchange depicted here was burnt in the Great Fire of London, 1666

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B. Adams, London illustrated, London, 1983, number 131/112 [p.317]

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Wellcome Collection 23368i

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