London and Its Environs Described, vol. 3 (of 6): Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use, in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round It — John Shaqi
London and Its Environs Described, vol. 3 (of 6): Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use, in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round ItAnonymous
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London and Its Environs Described, vol. 3 (of 6): Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use, in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round It
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London (England) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; London (England) -- Gazetteers -- Early works to 1800
The martyrdom of St. Erasmus, the figures about two feet high. This is
the original sketch of the famous picture preserved in St. Peter’s at
Rome, by Nicolo Poussin.
Two pictures adorned with many beautiful figures, whose proportion is
about two feet. One represents the age of iron, the other the age of
copper; and they are the original models of the two pictures in
fresco, that are in the palace of Pitti at Florence, by Pietro da
Cortona.
The original sketch of one of the ceilings painted in the Barberini’s
palace at Rome, by Pietro da Cortona.
_It represents many allegorical figures._
A half length portrait as big as nature. The figure has a letter in one
hand, by Lodovico Caracci.
The portrait of Maria Robusti; a half length as big as nature, by Paris
Bourdon.
The picture of a woman as big as life, half length, by Giorgione da
Castelfranco.
A head with part of the shoulders, representing a Greek merchant, as big
as the life, by Michael Angelo da Caravaggio.
Our Lady with her babe, and St. John; the figures near as big as the
life. An excellent performance, by Titiano.
A half length with the hands, representing Diogenes the Cynic; masterly
done by Spagnoletto.
A half length portrait of himself, by Tintoretto.
A portrait down to the knee, of the celebrated Naugerius, as big as the
life, by Tintoretto.
The nativity of our Saviour, enriched with many beautiful figures about
one foot high, by Francesco Zuccarelli.
A carton in water colours representing the holy family. The figures near
as big as the life, by Andrea del Sarto.
An Emperor on horseback, the horse white, the proportion about two feet;
a bold and noble work of Giulio Romano.
_It was once in King Charles the First’s collection._
A finished sketch of King Charles the First’s white horse, its
proportion about two feet, by Vandyke.
The slaughter of the Innocents, and Herod on a throne commanding it, by
Bourgognone.
Ariadne abandoned by Theseus, a naked figure as big as the life, by
Francesco Furino.
GEORGE _yard_, 1. Beer lane, Tower street.* 2. Bow lane.* 3. Bishopsgate
street.* 4. Cable street.* 5. Dean street, Soho.* 6. Dorset garden,
Fleet street.* 7. Duke street, Grosvenor square.* 8. Fore street,
Lambeth.* 9. Golden lane.* 10. High Holborn.* 11. Hog lane, St.
Giles’s pound.* 12. Islington.* 13. Kent street, Southwark.* 14.
Little Britain.* 15. Little Tower hill.* 16. Gracechurch street,
Lombard street.* 17. Long Acre.* 18. Old street.* 19. Plough yard,
Broadway.* 20. Redcross street, Southwark.* 21. Saffron hill.* 22.
Seacoal lane, Snow hill.* 23. Thames str.* 24. Tower hill.* 25.
Turnmill street.* 26. Whitechapel.*
GEORGIA OFFICE, lately under the government of the Trustees for settling
the colony of Georgia, is now united to the Office of Trade and
Plantations, and kept in the Treasury.
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