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Broadside.- Catnach (James) Royal

Schätzpreis
100 £ - 150 £
ca. 128 $ - 192 $
Zuschlagspreis:
n. a.
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 448

Broadside.- Catnach (James) Royal

Schätzpreis
100 £ - 150 £
ca. 128 $ - 192 $
Zuschlagspreis:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Broadside.- Catnach (James) Royal Procession on the Opening of London Bridge, projected view above 4 columns of text comprising an account of the preparations for the ceremony, and two songs, ‘The Landing of Royal William and Adelaide at London Bridge’, and ‘New London Bridge and King William for ever!’, all set within a decorative fern leaf border, woodcut printed from three blocks, and letter-press, 480 x 355 mm (19 x 14 in), mounted on Japan tissue support, a few small losses along an old horizontal fold, some spotting, James Catnach, 1831. *** A souvenir for the crowds attending the opening of the new London Bridge on 1st August, 1831, by the well-known Northumbrian-born publisher of chapbooks, penny dreadfuls and broadsides, James Catnach, and printed in Seven Dials near Covent Garden. It marked the replacement of the 600 hundred-year-old London Bridge with a design of five stone arches by John Rennie the eventual winner after a selection process that had taken over 30 years.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 448
Auktion:
Datum:
29.05.2019
Auktionshaus:
Chiswick Auctions
Colville Road 1
London, W3 8BL
Großbritannien und Nordirland
info@chiswickauctions.co.uk
+44 020 89924442
Beschreibung:

Broadside.- Catnach (James) Royal Procession on the Opening of London Bridge, projected view above 4 columns of text comprising an account of the preparations for the ceremony, and two songs, ‘The Landing of Royal William and Adelaide at London Bridge’, and ‘New London Bridge and King William for ever!’, all set within a decorative fern leaf border, woodcut printed from three blocks, and letter-press, 480 x 355 mm (19 x 14 in), mounted on Japan tissue support, a few small losses along an old horizontal fold, some spotting, James Catnach, 1831. *** A souvenir for the crowds attending the opening of the new London Bridge on 1st August, 1831, by the well-known Northumbrian-born publisher of chapbooks, penny dreadfuls and broadsides, James Catnach, and printed in Seven Dials near Covent Garden. It marked the replacement of the 600 hundred-year-old London Bridge with a design of five stone arches by John Rennie the eventual winner after a selection process that had taken over 30 years.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 448
Auktion:
Datum:
29.05.2019
Auktionshaus:
Chiswick Auctions
Colville Road 1
London, W3 8BL
Großbritannien und Nordirland
info@chiswickauctions.co.uk
+44 020 89924442
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