Beeverell antique print of Lambeth House in London c1727

by Beeverell, James

Small 18th century engraving of Lambeth House, London - looking across the Thames with fishing, sailing barge, boating...

Original fine copperplate-engraved view of an elegantly designed building, for Les Délices de la Grand Bretagne et de l'Irlande, Ouvrage tres utile et tres curieux (Delights of Great Britain and Ireland, Useful and Curious Works).

This exquisite little engraving (with later fine hand-tinting) is printed on watermarked paper with two vertical fold marks, for a pocket edition by James Beeverell, published in 1727 by prominent mapmaker of Leyden, Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733), with small engravings made from the grand views of eminent topographical draughtsman Johannes Kip (1653-1722) for Britannia Illustrata, ... Nobility or Gentry of Great Britain, published in London circa 1708.

Approximate engraving size 13 x 16cm (5 x 6.25 inches). Page size 15 x 20cm (6 x 8 inches).