Mayson Beeton Gallery

Samuel Pepys N110036

MAYSON BEETON COLLECTION. Samuel Pepys, Clerk of the Acts to the Navy Board, and diarist, 1666. His secret diary presents a compelling first hand account of the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-7), the Great Plague (1665), and the Great Fire of London (1666). Engraving from the Mayson Beeton Collection

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Engraving

Mrs Cosway 6B_PAL_1789_a

Schomberg House, 80-82 Pall Mall, London. An engraving showing the view from Mr Cosway's Breakfast-Room at Schomberg House, looking towards Westminster Abbey, with Mrs Cosway seated in the foreground. Richard Cosway (1742-1821) was a leading portrait painter, his wife Maria Cosway (1760-1838) was also an accomplished artist who exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts. A note beneath the engraving records that the landscape was painted by William Hodges, RA, and the portrait was painted by Rd. Cosway. The whole was engraved by W. Birch, 1789. Coloured engraving from the Mayson Beeton Collection

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Lace advertisement 8E_STR_1820

392 The Strand, London. An engraving dated 1820 showing the elevation of 392 Strand, premises of Urling's Lace. The engraving was produced as an advertisement for G F Urling and Company, announcing a forthcoming change of address and featuring samples of real lace and cotton thread decorating the shop-front window. The engraving indicates that the business formerly operated out of premises at 143 Cheapside. A label on the engraving gives details of the new "more extensive premises over the way, 147, Strand, Somerset House". Coloured engraving from the Mayson Beeton Collection

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