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Print, Ancient View of St. James's and Westminster Abbey, London

This is a Print. It is dated ca. 1750 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Bruno Lasker and Mrs. Bruno Lasker.

Its dimensions are

18.4 × 27 cm (7 1/4 × 10 5/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed above: "An Ancient View of St. James's, Westminster Abbey and Hell, etc, from the Village of Charing, now Charing Cross."

Cite this object as

Print, Ancient View of St. James's and Westminster Abbey, London; England; engraving on paper; 18.4 × 27 cm (7 1/4 × 10 5/8 in.); 1957-41-145

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