Londinum London

Reference: 4041
Author Martin Engelbrecht
Year: 1730 ca.
Zone: London
Printed: Augsburg
Measures: 305 x 205 mm
€1,200.00

Reference: 4041
Author Martin Engelbrecht
Year: 1730 ca.
Zone: London
Printed: Augsburg
Measures: 305 x 205 mm
€1,200.00

Description

A panorama of the City of London viewed from the South Bank.

Jonathan Potter writes: “An artistically licensed, vertically exaggerated prospect of London from the south that emphasizes the city’s skyline, dominated by the numerous church spires and the vast dome of St. Paul ’s. Elegantly engraved the view is annotated with 52 buildings identified in the keys in both Latin and German with The Swan and The Globe among those buildings named on the Southbank.

The arms of the city sit boldly at the front of the design surrounded by banners and trading wares.”

Drawn by Friedrich Berhard Werner engraved by Johann Georg Ringle and published by Martin Engelbrecht (1684-1756).

Copperplate, good condition.

Rare.

Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756)

Artist Martin Engelbrecht (1684-1756) and his brother Christian were printsellers and engravers in Augsburg, Germany during the eighteenth century. Martin Engelbrecht engraved some plates after Rugendas and other masters.; his other works included illustrations for Ovid’s Metamorphoses, The War of Spanish Succession, Les Architectes Princiers by P. Decker, 92 views of Venice, and a series of prints of workers and their dress, Assemblage Nouveau Des Manouvries Habilles, published at Augsburg, circa 1730.

Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756)

Artist Martin Engelbrecht (1684-1756) and his brother Christian were printsellers and engravers in Augsburg, Germany during the eighteenth century. Martin Engelbrecht engraved some plates after Rugendas and other masters.; his other works included illustrations for Ovid’s Metamorphoses, The War of Spanish Succession, Les Architectes Princiers by P. Decker, 92 views of Venice, and a series of prints of workers and their dress, Assemblage Nouveau Des Manouvries Habilles, published at Augsburg, circa 1730.