Probst. London (c1740?) 

Title

View: “London”

Maker

Artist/ cartographer: Georg Balthasar Probst

Engraver: Unknown

Printer/ publisher: Unknown

Material

Laid paper, ink, watercolor

Origin

Unknown

Date:

[c. 1740?]

Dimensions:

Paper- 17 15/16” X 45 5/8”

Plate- 15 ½” X 44 ½”

Image- 13 ¼” X 44”

Description:

Large hand-colored engraving, made of two joined sheets: London [banner center top]  | Cum gratia et Privilegio Sac. Caes: Majestatis [upper left, outside neat line]  |  Georg Balthasar Probst, exec: Aug. V [lower right, at plate line]. | N^o 41 [bottom center, at end of English legend].  Identification legend across the top in German and across the bottom [left] in English and [right] in French. Coats of arms on either side of the title banner: George II [left] and [right] unidentified, possibly City of London.

Source:

Purchase

Relation:

See Plan of London (TP.1959.021.054)

Comments:

Language:

Latin with English, French and German

Rights:

Permission to use the photograph must be obtained in writing from Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens, New Bern, North Carolina. It must be accompanied by the caption” From the collection of Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens, New Bern, North Carolina; North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Division of Archive and History.”

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